熱門單詞——“地方病”
【華慧考博網】首先,我們來看一下新華網的報道:
BEIJING - China will establish a long-term working system to prevent and cure endemic diseases in key areas, according to a plan jointly issued by the Ministry of Health, National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance.
在文中,endemic diseases指的就是“地方病”。形容詞endemic在這里的意思是“地方性的”,例如:The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.(這種胸部疾病是流行于本地區(qū)礦工中的地方病。)endemic也可以表示“普遍的、流行的”,例如:He said that racism is endemic in this country.(他說種族主義在該國很普遍。)
地方病是指具有嚴格的地方性區(qū)域特點的一類疾病,比如由iodine deficiency(缺碘)引起的endemic goiter(地方性甲狀腺腫)、endemic cretinism(地方性克汀。,出現(xiàn)在coal-fired areas(燒煤地區(qū))的endemic fluorosis(地方性氯中毒)等等。要防治地方病,除了國家建立a long-term working system(長效的工作機制)之外,個人也應該養(yǎng)成healthy lifestyle(健康的生活方式)。
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