新闻英文 2009年9月3日

研究:H1N1毒性不会变异增强【 Study eases fear of H1N1 superbug 】
更新日期:2009/09/02 12:10 引用来源:中央社制编

原文:Fears that the H1N1 virus will turn into a "superbug" this year may be unfounded, say researchers at the University of Maryland.

In laboratory tests, the virus responsible for the swine flu pandemic did not take a virulent turn when combined with other strains of seasonal flu. But it did spread more rapidly than the other viruses, confirming the need for swine flu vaccinations, the researchers said. .

翻译:外界担心H1N1流感病毒今年内将变种成为"超级病毒",但美国马里兰大学的研究人员表示,这样的忧虑可能没有根据。

实验室的研究显示,造成猪流感全球大流行的病毒与季节性流感病毒结合后,毒性并未升高,只是它传播的速度快过其他种病毒,确认了接种猪流感疫苗的必要性。

字辞解析:

*unfounded(形容词)

没有根据;

Found当动词是"建立、创办",例如:Dr. Sun Yat-sen founded Asia's first democratic republic in 1912.(孙中山先生于1912年建立亚洲第一个民主共和国。)

Founding fathers是指建国元勋。Foundation是found的名词,除了"建立",也有"基础"、"基金会"的意思。

Found当动词还有"以...为基础"的意思,例如:His theory was founded on firm evidence.(他的理论有确切的证据为基础。)Unfounded可以视为founded(过去分词)的相反词,意思是"缺乏实证基础、没有根据的",同义词为groundless,常用来否认和澄清传闻。

*virulent(形容词)

毒性;

To take a virulent turn是"毒性变强",这个片语的另一个型态是to take a turn for the worse(每况愈下、变本加厉),例如:When the financial crisis hit, our ability to create profit took a turn for the worse.(金融风暴来袭,我们的获利能力变得更差。)

*vaccinations(名词)

施打疫苗;

动词是vaccinate,vaccination是指"施打疫苗"这件事,同义字是inoculation,至于"疫苗",英文是vaccine。

例句:The Health Ministry said that half of the country's population will have been given the flu vaccine by the end of October.(卫生部表示,全国民众将有一半会在10月底前施打流感疫苗。)




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