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)

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