The poet , confined to his bed with a serious illness , hears the bells of the church adjoining , and is thereby reminded of death and the transiency of human life （诗人因为重疾卧病在床，听到附近教堂丧钟声，因此联想到死亡及生命的短暂。 ）
An 80 year - old man who believes himself to be twenty . an 18 year - old girl who steps into his world . a strange relationship that wanders between dream and reality 一个是八十岁的老人，卧病在床六十年，突然相信自己只有二十岁，自己已经年老的现实只是一场梦。
Your uncle , i am sorry to say , is now on a sick - bed ; from which , considering the nature of his disease - decline - and the stage it has reached , it is unlikely he will ever rise 很遗憾，你的叔叔现在卧病在床，考虑到疾病的性质，一肺病以及疾病的程度，他很可能会一病不起。
He had taken the public off its feet , the way kipling had , that time when he lay near to death and all the mob , animated by a mob - mind thought , began suddenly to read him 他严然成了当年的吉卜林。那时吉卜林卧病在床，奄奄一息，他的作品却由于群氓心态的作用，在群氓中突然风行起来。
A record 199 candidates have been nominated for the 2005 nobel peace prize including ukraine ' s president viktor yushchenko ， former secretary of state colin powell and the ailing pope 共有199位候选人获得2005年诺贝尔与平奖提名，人数之众前所未有，其中包括乌克兰总统维克托?尤先科，美国前国务卿科林?鲍威尔与卧病在床的罗马教皇
" quite , quite alone , " replied the man - " or , at least , practically so , for my poor wife , who is the only person in the house besides myself , is laid up with illness , and unable to render me the least assistance , poor thing ! “一个人，就一个人， ”店主回答道， “或者说，跟只有一个人差不多，教士先生。因为我那可怜的老婆卧病在床，一点帮不上我的忙，可怜的东西！ ”
