"ail" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使生病
• 使困擾

Definition

指因疾病而不適，或指使某人或某物陷入痛苦、困難或麻煩。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Ail”較正式或文學用語，口語中較少用。既可指生病，也可泛指困擾、問題。如“What ails you?”意為“你怎麼了”。

Examples

Something seems to ail him today.

他今天似乎被什麼事情**困擾**著。

What ails you?

你**怎麼了**？

The patient has been ailing for weeks.

病人已經**生病**好幾週了。

The company has been ailing since last year due to the recession.

這家公司自去年經濟衰退以來一直在**困境中**。

He didn’t tell anyone what had begun to ail him.

他沒有告訴任何人是什麼開始**困擾**他。

Is there anything in particular that has been ailing the team lately?

最近有沒有什麼事情特別**困擾**這個團隊？