热门单词——“地方病” 【华慧考博网】首先,我们来看一下新华网的报道:
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”。形容词endemic在这里的意思是“地方性的”,例如:The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.(这种胸部疾病是流行于本地区矿工中的地方病。)endemic也可以表示“普遍的、流行的”,例如:He said that racism is endemic in this country.(他说种族主义在该国很普遍。) 地方病是指具有严格的地方性区域特点的一类疾病,比如由iodine deficiency(缺碘)引起的endemic goiter(地方性甲状腺肿)、endemic cretinism(地方性克汀病),出现在coal-fired areas(烧煤地区)的endemic fluorosis(地方性氯中毒)等等。要防治地方病,除了国家建立a long-term working system(长效的工作机制)之外,个人也应该养成healthy lifestyle(健康的生活方式)。 |