(1) 谈及健康时,well可用作形容词,表示一定时期的健康,作表语。
- A: How are you?
近来好吗?
B: Quite well . Thanks. And you?
非常好。谢谢。你呢? - I don't feel very well today.
我今天感觉不太舒服。 - Those well enough to leave the hospital camped out in the village.
那些身体好到可以出院的人住在村里的露天营帐里。 - I hope you will soon be well again.
我希望你快点好起来。
(2) 如用feel good,意思是“感觉良好或满意”,多指心情方面。
- I felt good as I stepped out of the teacher's office: I had done my bit, though trivial, for the flood-stricken people.
我从教师办公室出来时感觉很好:虽然微不足道,但我已为洪涝地区的灾民尽了自己的一份力量。
(3) fine也可作“健康”解。
- A: How are you feeling now?
你现在感觉如何?
B: Oh, I'm feeling just fine.
哦,我感觉很好。
(4) in good/excellent health, in the best of health均表示“很健康”。
- He is in good/excellent/the best of health .
他现在很健康。 - He is in perfectly good health .
他现在非常健康。
(5) fit用作形容词时也可表示“身体健康”,通常指长期的健康。
- He runs three miles every morning. That is why he's so fit .
他每天早上跑三英里路,这是他为什么这么健康的原因。 - He's a lot fitter now than he used to be.
他比以前健康多了。
(6) ①healthful指事物,表示“有益健康的,保健的”。
- This is a healthful place — fresh air and plenty of sunshine.
这是一个有益于健康的地方——空气新鲜、阳光充足。 - I don't take any healthful foods advertised on TV.
我不吃任何在电视上做广告的保健食品。
②healthy意为“身心健康的”。
- Their children are well-fed, active and healthy .
他们的孩子都胖嘟嘟的,既活泼又健康。 - She's much healthier now that she is living in the country.
由于她住在乡下,身心健康多了。
③healthy还可表示“使人健康的;有益身心的”,用于事物,这时可与healthful互换使用。
- The place has a fine dry healthier/more healthful climate.
这地方气候晴朗、干燥,更利于健康。 - You have to find a healthy way of living.
你必须寻找一种健康的生活方式。
(7) sound也可作“健康的”解,尤指身体的各部分状态很好。
- I've checked him and he's perfectly sound .
我已经给他做了检查,他十分健康。 - Your lungs are in a very sound condition.
你的肺部状况非常好。
(8) bracing意为“有益健康的,令人精神爽快的,宜人的”,用于事物。
- This sea air is very bracing , isn't it?
这海风非常宜人,不是吗? - This is a fine bracing climate to live in.
这里的气候非常适合居住。