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disease可数吗?

disease可数吗?

用于身体的某个部分,表示相应的病,通常不可数。表示疾病总称,也为不可数名词。如Flies spread disease.苍蝇能传播疾病。表示某种疾病,为可数名词。如Cancer is a deadly disease.癌症是一种致命的疾病。

disease, illness,sickness的用法区别

三者都可表示“疾病”,区别如下

一、 disease 表示“疾病”, 弊病,通常指具体的“疾病”(可数)。如

Most diseases could be wiped out. 多数疾病是可以消灭的。

I caught the disease from you. 这病我是从你那传染来的。注有时指疾病的总称(不可数),即通称的“疾病”。如

Rats spread disease. 老鼠传染疾病。

Cleanliness helps prevent disease. 清洁有助于预防疾病。

a family disease遗传病

prevent and cure diseases预防和治疗疾病

Diseases come on horseback and go away on foot.[谚]得病容易去病难。

diseases of society社会弊端

二、 illness 和 sickness 常可通用,它们主要用于表示生病的时间或因病(disease)导致的不健康状态等。Sickness多指“患病;疾病,不适;恶心如”

He can’t come because of illness. 他因病不能来。

He died after a long illness. 他死之前病了很久。

She is cheerful in spite of her illness. 她尽管有病,但还是快乐。

He has had a bad illness, but he is better now.他得了一场大病,可是现在他好多了。

a country sickness思乡病;noise sickness噪声(引起的)疾病;morning sickness(妇女怀孕初期的)晨吐

三、用于医学上表示各种病称时,通常用 disease。如

contagious diseases 传染病

English disease 气管炎

heart disease 心脏病

lung disease 肺病

a nervous disease 神经病

a sex disease 性病

skin disease 皮肤病 等等

mental illness [sickness] 精神病