sick

1. ADJ If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill. (生理上) 有病的; 精神不健全的

He's very sick. He needs medication. 他病得很重，需要葯物治療。

She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money. 她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己帶著2個(gè)年幼的孩子和1個(gè)有病的丈夫，而且身無(wú)分文。

2. N-PLURAL The sick are people who are sick. 病人

There were no doctors to treat the sick. 那時(shí)沒有毉生毉治病人們。

3. ADJ If you are sick, the food that you have eaten comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth. If you feel sick, you feel as if you are going to be sick. 惡心的; 嘔吐的[v-link ADJ]

She got up and was sick in the sink. 她起身往水池裡嘔吐起來(lái)。

The very thought of food made him feel sick. 一想到食物他就想吐。

4. ADJ If you say that you are sick of something or sick and tired of it, you are emphasizing that you are very annoyed by it and want it to stop. 厭倦的[非正式] [v-link ADJ 'of' n/-ing]

I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning. 我厭倦了聽所有這些人抱怨個(gè)沒完。

5. ADJ If you describe something such as a joke or story as sick, you mean that it deals with death or suffering in an unpleasantly humorous way. 令人毛骨悚然的[表不滿]

...a sick joke about a cat. …有關(guān)貓的一個(gè)令人毛骨悚然的笑話。

6. PHRASE If you say that something or someone makes you sick, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted. 使某人生氣; 使某人厭惡[非正式]

It makes me sick that this wasn't disclosed. 這事被隱瞞了讓我很生氣。

7. PHRASE If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick. 因病沒上班[usu v-link PHR]

That afternoon she was fired from her job as a nurse, because she'd been out sick so much. 那天下午她因經(jīng)常生病沒去上班被開除，丟掉了護(hù)士工作。

8. PHRASE If you say that you are worried sick, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried. 擔(dān)心得要命[非正式]

He was worried sick about what our mothers would say. 他對(duì)我們的媽媽們可能要說(shuō)的話擔(dān)心得要命。