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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ail·ing /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ adjective [usually before noun]  1 FAILan ailing company, organization, or economy is having a lot of problems and is not successful 不景气的,状况不佳的,处境困难的 the ailing car industry 不景气的汽车工业2. formal ill and not likely to get better 生病的,身患痼疾的
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ailingIt may also come to the rescue of ailing banks.The government is trying to boost the ailing economy by converting the defence industry to civilian production.Smith transformed GM's ailing European operations in the '80s.He's taking care of his ailing mother.The traveller, we now discover, is a young man whose ailing parents want him to stay within reach.Later in marriage a particularly keen sense of commitment may be felt towards aged or ailing parents.Puppies will herd hens in a farmyard, just as a pack of wolves will encircle an ailing prey.It also owns an insurance company, Fata, and has a stake in an ailing private bank.It can repair the shattered beliefs and, sometimes, the ailing soul of an organization gone awry.
From Longman Business Dictionaryailingai‧ling /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ adjective in financial difficultyThis may be the best cure for China’s ailing industries.Many economists think the economy is still ailing.
ail·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
company, an organization, Business Corpus or is economy ailing


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ailing
ailing /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ adjective [usually before noun]
1. an ailing company, organization, or economy is having a lot of problems and is not successful:
    the ailing car industry
2. formal ill and not likely to get better


ail·ingBrE /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 adjective (formal) ill/sick and not improving 有病的;体弱的She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾她有病的父亲。🔊🔊(of a business, government, etc. 企业、政府等) having problems and getting weaker 处境困难的;每况愈下的measures to help the ailing economy改善经济不景气的措施