时间:2018-12-12 作者:英语课 分类:医学英语


英语课

   “甲型H1N1流感”正在来势汹汹地对人类构成威胁。


  在全球媒体铺天盖地的“甲型H1N1流感”疫情报道中,甲型H1N1流感曾被普遍称为“猪流感”,虽然之后世卫组织就明确表示用“猪流感”表示此次疫情并不合适,但毕竟这已经是一个家喻户晓的词语。猪流感”在英语中的说法并非pig flu而是swine flu,也就是说,这里的“猪”不是pig,而是swine。
  英语中用来称呼“猪”的单词除了pig之外还有swine和hog,pig无疑是目前最常用的单词。而Swine的词义含有明显的贬义。Hog主要是美国英语用法,倾向于指已经养得膘肥体壮可以进入屠宰程序的猪。
  在此次“猪流感”疫情中,除了学习到了swine flu这一表达之外,出现频率较高的相关词汇还有:
  flu vaccine(流感疫苗)
  flu caseload(感染病例数)
  flu strain(流感病毒株)
  anti-viral medications(抗病毒药物)
  contagious(会传染的)
  respiratory disease(呼吸道疾病)
  circulate(传播)
  contaminate(传染)
  infect(感染)
  contract(感染)
  epidemic(流行病,时疫)
  epidemiologists(流行病学专家)
  pandemic(尤指全国性流行的疾病)
  pneumonias(肺炎)
  confirmed case(确诊病例)
  suspected case(疑似病例)
  incubation period(潜伏期)
  outbreak(爆发)
  mutate into a more human-to-human transmission/spread/infection(人与人之间的传播/感染)
  antiviral drug(抗病毒药物)
  quarantee(医学隔离)
  step up surveillance(加强检测)
  flu jitters(流感恐慌)
  contain(遏制)
  stem the spread of the virus(制止病毒的扩散)
  dangerous strain(突变成更危险病毒株)
  public health emergency of international concern(国际关注的突发公共卫生事件)

标签: 流感 词汇
学英语单词
2'-fluoro-5-iodoaracytosine
Aconitum contortum
Algol-type variable
Anglicisations
Arfwedson distribution
bifurcation flow
biosensors
board trading
calcium aluminium silicon alloys
caryospora phyllostachydis
central memory
cerithium trailli
commandive
copy chart
decontamination solution
deuteron beam
digital copy
directional radio signal
downstater
dsx
dual combustion cycle
elephantine books
fire fighting apparatus
fire-proofing treaties of wood
flash-type stroboscope
FNPS (first nuclear power station)
football coach
frankpledge
G man
gunged
hailanensine
Heimerzheim
hot-hardness tester
hydroxyethylmethyl-cellulose
immunological memory cell
induced-draught cooling tower
integrating autopilot
interior finishing varnish
intermediate range forecast
IPM status report
joint and several bond
jump to a conclusion
KE-reactive dye
Kolmer cell
kryptomnesia
lateral spine
leading port
line-fishing
mackerel poal and line fishing boat
maintenance of permanent file
mat exercise
Mattersburg
meet with general acceptance
melanophyllus
Moll's gland
moorstone
mutually agreed survey report
natrium cetylstearylosulphuricum
neuroimmunomodulator
noise equivalent power (nep)
normal tensor
oodles
operationalisms
Orsay Alice cyclotron
panji stories (indonesia)
penaeus latisulcatus
pentatonic
PGTT
plane-tile
pleural epithelial cell
program path
religieuse
ridge-loaded born
RMS roughness
ropy surface
rotary feeder
Salsola paulsenii
scaling violation
silver tungsten
single-row layout
sixty-
Slow Market
smith hammers
snag-free finish
speed-cone
spillway control device
structural homogeneity
structural improvement
swing-position steady rest and ejector
tabet
tank-truck loading rack
temperature programme
tetrachotomous
transneft
Uganja
unique user
unrustic
upcurled
vacuum package machine
vaste
veather
verzuiling