decease, disease

• upon the decease of so-and-so，the sum of money will pass to his wife and children.
  某某死后，整筆錢歸他妻子及兒女所有。
• the decease rate in that country is very high.
  那個國家的死亡率很高。
• the general's decease left the army without a leader.
  將軍死亡使這支軍隊群龍無首。

• the task of a doctor is to prevent or cure diseases.
  醫(yī)生的職責(zé)是預(yù)防或冶療疾病。
• nowadays more and more people treat diseases by acupuncture.
  如今愈來愈多人用針灸治療疾病。
• your right lung is diseased.
  你的右肺有病。

illness, sickness, disease, complaint

名詞 disease:

1. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

1. The rapid spread of the disease is alarming the medical authorities.
   這種疾病的迅速蔓延使醫(yī)療當(dāng)局感到憂慮不安。
2. The treatment arrested the growth of the disease.
   治療抑制了病情的發(fā)展。
3. The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease.
   所有的居民都被可怕的疾病奪去了生命。
4. It is reported that this disease attacks the central nervous system.
   據(jù)報道說這種疾病破壞中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)。
5. He postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000.
   他推斷到2000年能研究出治愈該病的方法。
6. The disease is still in its primary stage.
   這疾病仍然在初發(fā)階段。
7. The poor man has a serious disease of the liver.
   這個可憐的人患有嚴(yán)重的肝病。
8. Many diseases are caused by bacteria.
   許多疾病是由細(xì)菌引起的。

dis.ease

n.（名詞）
A pathological condition of a part, an organ, or a system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.
病，疾?。河袡C體的某一部位、某一器官或系統(tǒng)處于病理狀態(tài)，由各種因素引起，如傳染、遺傳缺陷或環(huán)境緊張，而且以被視為相同的一組表象或癥狀為特征
A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful.
社會弊?。罕徽J(rèn)為是不正常和有害的狀況或趨勢，如社會弊病
Obsolete Lack of ease; trouble.
【廢語】 不安；煩惱

來源：
Middle English disese
中古英語 disese
from Old French
源自 古法語
des- [dis-]
des- [表示.不，無.的意思]
aise [ease] * see ease
aise [舒適安心] *參見 ease