fall ill和be ill的区别

fall ill和be ill的区别

“fall ill”强调动作，“be ill”强调状态，且“fall ill”不可延续，“be ill”可延续，二者并非任何时候都能互换。 具体区别如下：

例如：The grandmother next door suddenly fell ill and soon passed away.（隔壁奶奶突然病倒了，不久就去世了。）这里“suddenly”突出了生病这个动作的突然性。

例如：She doesn't want to eat anything because she has been ill for a while.（因为她这段时间生病了，所以什么东西都不想吃。）此句强调她处于生病的状态已经有一段时间了。

例如：不能说“He has fallen ill for a week.”（错误表达），因为“fall ill”这个动作不能持续一周。

正确示例：If you don't eat on time and go to bed on time, you will fall ill.（如果再不按时吃饭，按时睡觉，你就会病倒的。）这里只是表达一种将来可能会发生的“生病”动作。

例如：She has been ill since she came home from the rain at the seaside yesterday.（自从昨天在海边淋雨之后，回家她就生病了。）此句中“since...”表示从昨天淋雨回家后到现在一直处于生病的状态。

再如：Since his illness he has been unable to do anything but lie in bed.（自从他生病之后很多事情都做不了了，只能在床上躺着。）这里“since his illness”表明从生病那个时间点开始一直持续到现在都是躺在床上不能做事的状态。

She hasn't had a rest for days, and I'm afraid she'll fall ill.（她已经好几天没休息了，我担心她会病倒。）这里表达的是担心她会突然出现生病这个动作。

He was ill last week and missed a lot of classes.（他上周生病了，错过了很多课。）此句强调上周处于生病的状态，导致错过了课程。