sick /sɪk/ CET4 TEM4 ( sicker, sickest )

• 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

  例：

  He's very sick. He needs medication.

  他病得很重，需要药物治疗。

  例：

  She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money.

  她发现自己带着2个年幼的孩子和1个有病的丈夫，而且身无分文。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  There were no doctors to treat the sick.

  那时没有医生医治病人们。

• 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. 恶心的; 呕吐的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  She got up and was sick in the sink.

  她起身往水池里呕吐起来。

  例：

  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. 厌倦的 [非正式] [v-link ADJ 'of' n/-ing]

  例：

  I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning.

  我厌倦了听所有这些人抱怨个没完。

• 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 [表不满]

  例：

  ...a sick joke about a cat.

  …有关猫的一个令人毛骨悚然的笑话。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you say that something or someone makes you sick, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted. 使某人生气; 使某人厌恶 [非正式]

  例：

  It makes me sick that this wasn't disclosed.

  这事被隐瞒了让我很生气。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  That afternoon she was fired from her job as a nurse, because she'd been out sick so much.

  那天下午她因经常生病没去上班被开除，丢掉了护士工作。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you say that you are worried sick, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried. 担心得要命 [非正式]

  例：

  He was worried sick about what our mothers would say.

  他对我们的妈妈们可能要说的话担心得要命。