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 ill at ease
 焦急,侷促不安

 Ease n.
 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.]
 They him besought
 Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny.   --Chaucer.
 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
    Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.   --Herbert.
    Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.   --Swift.
 (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
    Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.   --Deut. xxviii. 65.
    Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.   --Luke xii. 19.
 (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
    True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.   --Pope.
 Whate'er he did was done with so much ease,
 In him alone 't was natural to please.   --Dryden.
 At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. “His soul shall dwell at ease.” --Ps. xxv. 12.
 Chapel of ease. See under Chapel.
 Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
 To stand at ease Mil., to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.
 With ease, easily; without much effort.
 Syn: -- Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness.

 Ill a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worse and worst from another root.]
 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
    Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors.   --Bacon.
    There 's some ill planet reigns.   --Shak.
 2. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
 Of his own body he was ill, and gave
 The clergy ill example.   --Shak.
 3. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
    I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill.   --Shak.
 4. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.
    That 's an ill phrase.   --Shak.
 Ill at ease, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. “I am very ill at ease.” --Shak.
 Ill blood, enmity; resentment; bad blood.
 Ill breeding, lack of good breeding; rudeness.
 Ill fame, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.
 Ill humor, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.
 Ill nature, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.
 Ill temper, anger; moroseness; crossness.
 Ill turn. (a) An unkind act. (b) A slight attack of illness. [Colloq. U.S.]
 Ill will, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.
 Syn: -- Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

 ill at ease
      adj : not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner;
            "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among
            eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy
            with strangers" [syn: awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasy]