ails

/eɪl/

动词

困扰，使苦恼；使处境困难
The government seems to have no understanding of what ails the country.
政府好像不了解国家问题的症结所在。
（使）生病；（使）不适
She had been ailing for years before she died.
她去世前几年就一直病魔缠身。