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
1-naphthamide
A selection
aberdeen hose
additional sum
aerodynamic(al) trail
afterfmage test
Althorp
American Idol
Angle's classification
annuar
anterior labial branches
antonina
aster indicus l.
azimuth mirror
balanced three-phase voltage
banneker
Bokada
Book of Haggai
boot-strap
Boys radio-micrometer
cartilago meatus acustici
condylar canal
cross-distribution
crunchtime
customary model
deccox
depreciation of insurance
doc light-off temperature
Dutchwoman
Dzhidinskiy Rayon
equivalised
euer
fertilizing machine
finite point
free times
frogeyed
gotten after
Gregory of Tours, Saint
gum inhibiting index
hard coral
HBIB
held your sides
heptacontyl
heptadecane
high sign
high vacuum coating unit
high-explosive antitank (heat)
hsdus
hypoprothrombin(a)emia
icy
ignition starting aid
international arrangement
landing diagram
linear data storage
linear injection system
make it rain
mass trapping plot
me-generations
meat-packing business
melanotic tumor
moriahs
nailing mold
Ndioum
net signal
Nymphaea nouchali
o-phenolsulfonic acid
obliqulty effect
ochrous
orthothiazine
payday lender
pearl fishery
phenylo salicylic acid
prediction of various weather constituents
pubicides
Puccinellia distans
quack-salver
radiotransmitter
ramping
Recovery time.
recreation ground
safe distance
salammonite (sal ammoniac)
salt-seeding
sambataro
screw-type kickoff
second petition
staining rack
standard pillar
step ladders
suborder ruminantias
superboard
tetraxes
thais mutabilis
the scandinavian ballet
thermoelastic stress
turnaround documents
ultralites
washer
well-thumbed
wouldings
zone bit recording
zone of interaction