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n.疾病,弊病

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disease


/dɪ'zi:z; dɪ`ziz/
n [C, U] (case of) illness of the body, of the mind or of plants, caused by infection or internal disorder 疾病; 病患; (植物的)病害
*a serious, infectious, incurable disease 重病、传染性疾病、不治之症
* a disease of the nervous system 神经系统的疾病
* prevent/spread disease 预防[传播]疾病.

disease


n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: desaise, from aise 'relaxed feeling, comfort']
[U and C]
an illness which affects a person, animal, or plant
 She suffers from a rare disease of the brain.
 Heart disease runs in our family.
 filthy conditions that cause disease
 She contracted the disease while she was abroad on holiday.
 The government has taken steps to halt the spread of the disease .
 vaccinations against infectious diseases such as measles
 'Mad cow disease' is a fatal degenerative disease of the nervous system.
 The first symptoms of the disease are vomiting and a slight fever.
[C]
something that is seriously wrong with society or with someone's mind, behaviour etc
 Loneliness is a disease of our urban communities.
>diseasedadj
 diseased muscles
 a diseased plant
COLLOCATES for sense 1
have/suffer from a disease
heart/liver/brain etc disease
a disease of the brain/stomach etc
catch a disease
contract a diseaseformal (=catch a disease)
a disease spreads/the spread of a disease
infectious/contagious disease (=one that spreads quickly from one person to another)
a fatal/deadly disease (=one that causes death)
an incurable disease (=one that cannot be cured)
a degenerative disease (=one that gradually gets worse and worse)
a cure for a disease
the symptoms of a disease (=the things that show that someone has it)

1. * physicians to recognize the disease;
    * 能够识别该疾病的医生;

2. By infecting animals and letting them loose in the burrows, local epidemics of this disease could be created.
    通过让染上此病的动物在洞内乱跑,就可以使这种疾病在一个地区蔓延起来。

3. WHO believes that, as AIDS becomes more common, the disease promises to unite the world to a degree never seen before.
    世界卫生组织认为随着艾滋病越来越常见,它有可能使整个世界以前所未有的程度联合起来。

4. WHO is certain that, together, we will triumph over AIDS rather than allow the disease and the fears, worries, and prejudices(偏见) which go with it to overpower us.
    世界卫生组织相信,只要联合起来,我们就会战胜艾滋病,而不会让艾滋病,以及随之而来的恐惧、忧虑和偏见把我们压倒。

5. The epidemic disease was kept under control by the authorities´ vigorous action.
    当局采取有力措施,控制住此种传染病的蔓延。

6. The physician cured me of the disease.
    医生治好了我的病。

7. The sporadic outbreaks of the disease have worried the researchers.
    这种疾病的零星爆发令调查者们担心。

8. The stagnant water was a breeding ground for disease.
    污浊的死水是疾病的孳生地。

9. The question became one of whether Man could control the disease he had invented.
    现在的问题是,人类能否控制住这种人为的疾病。

10. Two British scientists developed a sulfa that could cure pneumonia, a disease that up to that time had caused thousands of deaths yearly.
    英国两位科学家研制了一种可以医治肺炎的磺胺药。在研制出此药之前,每年都有成千上万人死于肺炎。

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