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有病的,不健康的;坏的;拙劣的;难以处理的,麻烦的坏,不利地;不完全

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ill \Ill\, a. [The regular comparative and superlative are
   wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from
   another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa,
   adv., Dan. ilde, adv.]
   1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed
      to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate;
      disagreeable; unfavorable.

            Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat,
            but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors.
                                                  --Bacon.

            There 's some ill planet reigns.      --Shak.

   2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong;
      iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.

            Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill
            example.                              --Shak.

   3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of
      a fever.

            I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill. --Shak.

   4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect;
      rude; unpolished; inelegant.

            That 's an ill phrase.                --Shak.

   {Ill at ease}, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. ``I am very
      ill at ease.'' --Shak.

   {Ill blood}, enmity; resentment.

   {Ill breeding}, want of good breeding; rudeness.

   {Ill fame}, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a
      house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.

   {Ill humor}, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.

   {Ill nature}, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness;
      esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.

   {Ill temper}, anger; moroseness; crossness.

   {Ill turn}.
      (a) An unkind act.
      (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.]

   {Ill will}, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.

   Syn: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

Ill \Ill\, n.
   1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success;
      evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as,
      the ills of humanity.

            Who can all sense of others' ills escape Is but a
            brute at best in human shape.         --Tate.

            That makes us rather bear those ills we have Than
            fly to others that we know not of.    --Shak.

   2. Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense;
      wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.

            Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still,
            Exerts itself, and then throws off the ill.
                                                  --Dryden.

Ill \Ill\, adv.
   In a ill manner; badly; weakly.

         How ill this taper burns!                --Shak.

         Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where
         wealth accumulates and men decay.        --Goldsmith.

   Note: Ill, like above, well, and so, is used before many
         participal adjectives, in its usual adverbal sense.
         When the two words are used as an epithet preceding the
         noun qualified they are commonly hyphened; in other
         cases they are written separatively; as, an
         ill-educated man; he was ill educated; an ill-formed
         plan; the plan, however ill formed, was acceptable. Ao,
         also, the following: ill-affected or ill affected,
         ill-arranged or ill arranged, ill-assorted or ill
         assorted, ill-boding or ill boding, ill-bred or ill
         bred, ill-conditioned, ill-conducted, ill-considered,
         ill-devised, ill-disposed, ill-doing, ill-fairing,
         ill-fated, ill-favored, ill-featured, ill-formed,
         ill-gotten, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-looking,
         ill-mannered, ill-matched, ill-meaning, ill-minded,
         ill-natured, ill-omened, ill-proportioned,
         ill-provided, ill-required, ill-sorted, ill-starred,
         ill-tempered, ill-timed, ill-trained, ill-used, and the
         like.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ill
     adj 1: not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the
            monotony of his suffering" [syn: {sick}] [ant: {well}]
     2: resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an
        ill wind that blows no good"
     3: distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
     4: indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill
        turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
     5: presaging ill-fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my
        words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"-
        P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a
        by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the
        Government" [syn: {inauspicious}, {ominous}]

ill
     n : an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for
         complaining [syn: {ailment}, {complaint}]

ill
     adv 1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or
            improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was
            ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old
            friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on
            the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting
            clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" [syn: {badly}, {poorly}]
            [ant: {well}]
     2: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of
        the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
        [syn: {badly}] [ant: {well}]
     3: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we
        can ill afford to buy a new car just now"
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