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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

ill [ɪl]
  1. 1. adjective (sick) 有病
  2. 2. adjective [+effects] [ luck] [ fortune] (harmful) 坏的
  3. 3. noun [liter] (evil) 恶意
  4. 4. n pl the mentally/terminally ill the ill 精神/晚期病人
  5. 5. n pl [frm] [ liter] ills (troubles) 弊病
  6. 6. adverb [frm] to speak/think ill of sb某人坏话/认为某人
    to fall {or} be taken ill
    生病

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

ill [ɪl]
  1. 1. adjective 生病的,不舒服的不健康的
  2. 2. adjective 不利的,有害的
    It's an ill wind that blows no good.
    没有人人有害的坏事;害于此者利于彼。
  3. 3. adjective 坏的,不好的不良的
  4. 4. adjective 恶意的,不友善的
    You certainly did me an ill turn.
    一定对我有敌意
  5. 5. adjective 不吉的,不祥
  6. 6. adverb [Combining Form] 不好地,不合适地,不令人满意地
    He was ill prepared.
    准备的不好。
    It ill befits a man to betray old friends.
    一个背叛朋友自己不会什么好处
  7. 7. adverb 不利地,不友好地,不赞成
  8. 8. adverb 困难地,不方便地;几乎不几乎没有
    We can ill afford to buy a new car just now.
    我们现在难以买得起新车。
  9. 9. n.[c] 病,疾病
  10. 10. n.[u] 伤害
  11. 11. n.[c] 麻烦困难不幸

Collins English-English Dictionary

ill [ɪl]
  1. 1. adj [usually postpositive] not in good health; sick
  2. 2. adj characterized by or intending evil, harm, etc; hostile
    ill deeds
  3. 3. adj causing or resulting in pain, harm, adversity, etc
    ill effects
  4. 4. adj ascribing or imputing evil to something referred to
    ill repute
  5. 5. adj promising an unfavourable outcome; unpropitious
    an ill omen
  6. 6. adj harsh; lacking kindness
    ill will
  7. 7. adj not up to an acceptable standard; faulty
    ill manners
  8. 8. n evil or harm
    to wish a person ill
  9. 9. n a mild disease
  10. 10. n misfortune; trouble
  11. 11. adv badly
    the title ill befits him
  12. 12. adv with difficulty; hardly
    he can ill afford the money
  13. 13. adv not rightly
    she ill deserves such good fortune
  14. 14. adv [Etymology] C11 (in the sense: evil): from Old Norse illr bad

Examples

to become ill
得病
a deathly ill
重病
ill favored
其貌不扬的
ill fortune
不幸的命运
an ill omen
凶兆

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