illness

noun

1. impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

Synonym: unwellnessmaladysickness

1. 疾病;患病(期)
Illness is the fact or experience of being ill.

illness的解释

e.g. If your child shows any signs of illness, take her to the doctor...
如果您的孩子出现任何患病症状,带她去看医生。
e.g. Mental illness is still a taboo subject.
精神疾病仍然是禁忌话题。

2. (特指某种)疾病
An illness is a particular disease such as measles or pneumonia.

e.g. She returned to her family home to recover from an illness.
她回家养病来了。

1. illness

1. 生病：疾病(disease)客观呈现的生理症状与个人主观的生病(illness)体验意义,其实是同时并存的. 作者在书中明确地表示,突显疾病的意义不在於否定生理症状的事实,也不是要眾人漠视医疗与养生的功能,而是為了唤醒常人「洞观」生理症状背后的心灵意义层面,

2. 病痛：在文化及心理病理(cultural and psychological pathology)与医疗人类学(medical anthropology)的知识领域裡头,与身体(body)之论述相关者,大抵有两个重要而互相牵连的议题,一是有关对病痛(illness)与疾病(disease)的分野,