1. The company will continue to pay the employees, who are off sick up to a maximum number of weeks in any one year dependant on length of service. 在任何一年内，对于那些因病休假最长可达几周的员工，公司将会根据其工龄长短依然支付工资，而病假的最长期限取决于其工龄的长短。
2. She got up and was sick in the sink. 她起身往水池里呕吐起来。
3. He made up some excuse about his daughter being sick. 他编了个借口，说他的女儿病了。
4. She might not know about the pages backing up that need attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick. 她可能不知道要注意对页面进行备份，也不知道设计师不得不抱病回家这一事实。
5. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback—a back-up earner (usually Mom) who could go into the workforce if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick. 因此，它们已经失去了在经济萧条时期曾经持有的“保护伞”——一个后备挣钱者（通常是母亲），她可以在主要挣钱者失业或者病倒的时候出去工作。
