sickness

sickness

英 ['sɪknɪs]
　　美 ['sɪknəs]

n. 疾病；嘔吐；弊病

中文詞源：

sickness 疾病，不健康

sick,生病的，-ness,名詞後綴。

例句：

1. The official reason given for the President's absence was sickness.
對外公佈的總統未到場原因是身體有恙。

2. The contributions employees pay give cover against sickness, including chronic invalidity.
員工的定期繳款用來支付生病的花費，包括長期病殘的開銷。

3. Think carefully before you insure against accident, sickness and redundancy.
在為意外事故、疾病與失業投保之前一定要考慮清楚。

4. In fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness.
在52年的工作中他僅病過一周。

5. He felt a great rush of sickness.
他忽然覺得非常想吐。