sicken

Compared meaning: to cause a strong feeling of disgust (verb).

比较义项：（使人）产生强烈的厌恶感（动词）。

• disgust

  Transitive causative verb: the subject causes disgust in someone else; the default, most common everyday choice for both moral and physical revulsion.

  及物致使动词：主语使他人产生厌恶感；是日常最通用的词，既可指生理上的反感，也可指道德上的反感。

  The way he spoke to the waiter disgusted everyone at the table.

  他对服务员说话的方式让餐桌上的每个人都感到厌恶。

• revolt

  Used intransitively with 'at': the subject itself feels strong disgust, unlike disgust or sicken, which describe causing disgust in someone else; more formal and literary in tone.

  常与介词 at 连用作不及物动词：主语本身对某事产生强烈的厌恶感，这与 disgust、sicken（主语使他人产生厌恶）不同；语气更书面、更文学化。

  He revolted at the thought of eating raw insects for dinner.

  一想到晚餐要吃生昆虫，他就感到强烈的厌恶。

• sicken 本词

  Transitive causative verb like disgust, but adds a sense of building nausea or sickness, often paired with 'began to' for a gradual reaction; frequently used about upsetting news or cruelty.

  和 disgust 一样是及物致使动词，但更强调逐渐产生的恶心或反胃感，常与 began to 连用；多用于描述令人不安的新闻或残忍行为。

  Reports of the abuse began to sicken people across the country.

  有关虐待事件的报道开始让全国民众感到恶心。

Disgust, revolt, and sicken can all mean to cause strong disgust. Disgust is transitive: the subject causes disgust in someone else, the most common choice. Revolt, used with 'at', means the subject itself feels disgust, sounding literary. Sicken adds a sense of growing nausea.

这三个词都可以表达“（使人）产生强烈的厌恶感”，但用法和语气不同：disgust 最通用，是及物致使动词，主语使他人产生厌恶；revolt 在这一义项中常以不及物形式“revolt at”出现，指主语自己对某事感到厌恶，语气更书面、更文学化；sicken 同样是致使动词，但更强调逐渐产生的恶心、反胃感，常与 began to 搭配。这里不比较 revolt 的“反抗、起义”义，也不比较 sicken 表示“患病”的用法。