英和和英

動詞

fall ill (third-person singular simple present falls ill, present participle falling ill, simple past fell ill, past participle fallen ill)

1. (intransitive) To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.

   Synonyms: ail, fall sick, take ill, take sick, be taken ill, be taken sick, be taken bad

   • 2019 April 25, Samanth Subramanian, “Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands”, in The Guardian‎:

     We come into contact with germ-infested surfaces all day, every day, but we don’t keep falling catastrophically ill.