精讀topic4Digital Healthcare----Day 14

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1wearable

Clothes that are wearable areeasytowearbecause they arecomfortable,acceptablein mostsocialsituations, andlookattractiveincombinationwith otherclothes.

(服飾)舒適的,實用的,適宜穿戴的

Unlike a lot of women'sfashionmagazines, itfeaturesclothesthat are

bothaffordableand wearable.與很多女性時尚雜志不一樣,它介紹的衣服既不太貴又適宜穿戴。

2cardiac

arrestaconditionin which theheartstopsbeating心臟停搏

He died ofcardiacarrestafter snorting cocaine.他死于吸食可卡因之后的心臟停搏。

The

major factors causing death are electrolyte imbalance and dehydration, leading

tocardiac arrest.引起死亡的主要原因是電解質的不平衡和脫水,導致心臟停搏

3cardiopulmonaryresuscitation

relatingto theheartandlungs:

cardiopulmonaryresuscitation

a cardiopulmonarybypass

4manifestation

[C]asignof somethingexistingorhappening

顯示;表明

Sheclaimedthat theriseinunemploymentwas just afurthermanifestationofthegovernment'sincompetence.她聲稱失業率上升進一步表明了政府的無能。

[U]appearance

表現;顯現

Unlikeacidrainordeforestation,globalwarminghas novisiblemanifestation.不同于酸雨和森林砍伐,全球變暖并沒有明顯可見的表現。

5soar

[I?usually?+

adv/prep]toriseveryquicklyto a highlevel

猛增,驟升

Allnightlongfireworkssoared into

thesky.整個晚上焰火不斷地升入高空。

Temperatures will soar over theweekend, say theweatherforecasters.天氣預報員說,周末氣溫會驟升至80多華氏度。

Housepricessoared afurther20percent.房價又躥升了20%。

C2[T]toreachagreatheight

升至(很高的高度),高達

Thehighestpeakin therangesoars

15,771feetinto thesky.這一山脈的最高峰高聳入云,海拔達15771英尺。

toreachagreatheight

升至(很高的高度),高達

Thehighestpeakin therangesoars

15,771feetinto thesky.這一山脈的最高峰高聳入云,海拔達15771英尺。

6readier

adj.

準備就緒的(

ready的比較級);

1已完成;(思維)敏捷的;樂意的;

[例句]Amongthe Europeans, only Britain and Italy seem?readier?for a morerobust?involvement.

在歐洲國家中,只有英國和意大利比較支持更有力的介入行動

7genomic

seauencing

[詞典]

[醫]基因組測序;

[例句]Bisulphitegenomicsequencingis a widely used technique for detailed analysis of the

methylation status of a region ofDNA.

亞硫酸氫鹽基因組測序是詳細分析一個區域的DNA甲基化狀態的一種廣泛使用的技術。

8deridedfor(smartphone game)

tolaughat someone or something in a way thatshowsyouthinkthey arestupidor of novalue

嘲笑,譏笑

He derided mysingingaspathetic.他嘲笑說我的歌聲不堪入耳。

Thisbuilding,oncederided bycritics, is now amajortouristattraction.這座曾被評論家嘲笑的建筑如今已成為一處主要的旅游景點。

9hedge

alineofbushesorsmalltreesplantedveryclosetogether,especiallyalong theedgeof agarden,field, orroad

(尤指花園、田塊或馬路邊緣的)樹籬

aprivethedge女貞樹籬

a way ofprotecting,controlling, orlimitingsomething

保護(或控制、限制)手段

She'd made someoverseasinvestmentsas a hedgeagainstrisinginflationin thiscountry.在海外有一些投資,可以抵消該國不斷上升的通貨膨脹所帶來的損失。

[T?+

adv/prep,usually passive]tolimitsomethingseverely

嚴格限制

We've gotpermission, but it's hedgedabout/around

withstrictconditions.我們得到了許可,但卻有嚴格的限制條件。

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[I]totrytoavoidgiving anansweror taking anyaction

避免答復;拐彎抹角;回避

Stop hedging andtellme what you

reallythink.別再拐彎抹角了,告訴我你的真實想法。

10blockbuster

abookorfilmthat is verysuccessful

(尤指因內容精彩而)非常成功的書(或影片)

a blockbustermovie/novel電影大片/風靡一時的小說

11insulin

ahormonein thebodythatcontrolstheamountofsugarin theblood

胰島素

She has to have insulininjectionsfor herdiabetes.她因患有糖尿病必須注射胰島素。

12lucrative

(especiallyof abusiness,job, oractivity)producinga lot ofmoney

(尤指生意、職位或活動)賺錢的,盈利的

Themergerprovedto be very

lucrative for bothcompanies.事實證明,這次兼并使兩家公司都獲利豐厚。

13mammogram

anX-rayphotographof thebreasts乳房X光片

14theboldestvisions

notfrightenedofdanger

勇敢的,無畏的

She was a bold andfearlessclimber.她是一位勇敢無畏的登山者。

Thenewspapermade the

boldmove/took the boldstepofpublishingthenamesof the meninvolved.該報采取大膽行動,將有關人員的名字都公布了出來。

strongincolourorshape, and verynoticeableto theeye

醒目的;顯著的;色彩艷麗的;輪廓清晰的

Theypaintedthekitchenin boldcolours.他們用于粉刷廚房的油漆色彩鮮艷——有緋紅色、紫紅色和藍色。

in bold (type/print)

printedinthickdarkletters

以黑體,以粗體

Thissentenceisprintedin bold.這個句子是用黑體印刷的。

notshy,especiallyin a way thatshowsnorespect

冒昧的;魯莽的;放肆的

He was a bold anddefiantlittleboy.他是一個又冒失又不聽話的小男孩。

15mole

asmallmammalthat isalmostblind, hasdarkfur, andlivesinpassagesthat itdigsunderground鼴鼠

asmall,darkspotorlump(=raisedarea)on a person'sskin

apersonwhoworksfor anorganizationorgovernmentand secretly givesinformationtoitscompetitororenemy內奸

A mole inside the Department

hadleakedsecretproposalsto thepress.交通部一內部人士向媒體泄露了秘密計劃。

16contraceptive

any ofvariousdevicesordrugsintendedtopreventpregnancy

避孕用具;避孕藥

Theclinicprovidesafreesupplyof contraceptives

uponrequest.該診所可以免費提供避孕藥具。

17menopause

thetimein a woman'slifewhen shegraduallystopshavingperiods(=bloodflowfrom heruteruseachmonth)

絕經,絕經期;更年期

Most womengo throughmenopause(ukalsothe menopause)

between theagesof 45 and 55.大多數婦女在40歲至55歲之間經歷更年期。

18onerous

difficultto do orneedinga lot ofeffort

繁重的;麻煩的;艱巨的

the oneroustaskoffindingapeacefulsolution尋找和平解決方案的艱巨任務

Shefoundthedutiesofmotherhoodonerous.

19upheaval

agreatchange,especiallycausingorinvolvingmuchdifficulty,activity, ortrouble

激變;動蕩;劇變

Yesterday'scoupbroughtfurtherupheaval to

acountryalreadystrugglingwithfamine.昨天的軍事政變使這個正在饑荒中掙扎的國家更加動蕩不安。

I'm notsureit'sworththe upheaval

ofmovingtogainjust a little

morespace.

20stalk

themainstemof aplant, or thenarrowstemthatjoinsleaves,flowers, orfruitto themainstemof aplant

(植物的)莖,桿;(葉或果實的)柄,蒂;(花)梗

Shetrimmedthe stalks of

thetulipsbefore putting

them in avase.她修剪了一下郁金香的花梗,然后把它們插進了花瓶。

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anarrowstructurethatsupportsapartof thebodyin someanimals

(某些動物的)肉柄,肉莖

Theeyesofshrimpsare onmovablestalks.蝦的眼睛長在能夠活動的肉柄上。

tofollowananimalorpersonascloselyaspossiblewithout beingseenorheard, usually inordertocatchorkillthem

跟蹤,悄悄地靠近(獵物或人)

Thepolicehad been stalking

the woman for aweekbefore theyarrestedher.警方逮捕那個女人之前已經跟蹤了她一個星期。

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[I?or?T]to illegallyfollowandwatchsomeone over aperiodoftime

(在一段時期內)非法跟蹤騷擾(通常指女性)

He had stalked her for severalmonthsbefore he

wasarrested.

He wasarrestedfor stalking.他因跟蹤騷擾女性而被捕。

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[T]literaryIf somethingunpleasantstalks aplace, itappearsthere in athreateningway.

(令人不快的事)籠罩

Whennightfalls,dangerstalks thestreetsof thecity.夜幕降臨之后,該市的大街小巷危機四伏。

towalkin anangryorproudway

怒氣沖沖地走;趾高氣揚地走

Sherefusedtoacceptthat she

waswrongand stalkedfuriouslyout oftheroom.她拒絕承認自己的錯誤,怒氣沖沖地走出了房間。

21materialise

If anobjectmaterializes, itappearssuddenly.

突然出現

Suddenly alorryappearedinfrontof her - itseemedto materialize

out ofnowhere.一輛卡車突然出現在她面前——好似是從地下冒出來的。

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If anideaorhopematerializes, itbecomesreal.

實現,成為現實

She waspromisedapromotionbut itnevermaterialized.他們許諾會給她升職,但卻從未兌現過。

Herhopesofbecomingapainternevermaterialized.她當畫家的愿望一直未實現。


這期感覺比前三期觀點明晰一些,比較好掌握。打印出來文字版學習,更加方便些,簡書輸入暫為交作業。

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