ail
verb
uk/eɪl/us/eɪl/ailverb(CAUSE DIFFICULTY)
[T]formal
tocausedifficultyandproblemsfor someone or something:
困扰,使苦恼;使处境困难Thegovernmentseemsto have nounderstandingofwhatails thecountry.政府好像不了解国家问题的症结所在。
Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- shoot
- subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
- suicidal
- swamp
- tall
- toughness
- trouble
- wrong-foot
ailverb(BE/MAKE ILL)
[IorT]old-fashioned
to beill, or tocauseto beill:
(使)生病;(使)不适She had been ailing foryearsbefore shedied.她去世前几年就一直病魔缠身。
Being & falling ill
- acquire
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be green around the gillsidiom
- be hangingidiom
- be laid upidiom
- break
- bring
- KO
- martyr
- not a hundred percentidiom
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- predisposed
- present
- relapse
- serious
- shiver
- sicken
- strike
- succumb