新冠病毒席捲全球，有關新冠肺炎的英文表達都怎麼說呢？今天和Caroline老師學習一下有關疫情的一些英文表達吧。
1. 冠狀病毒
coronavirus
corona n. /kəˈronə/ 日冕，冠狀物
virus n. /'vaɪrəs/ 病毒
computer virus 電腦病毒
新冠病毒
novel coronavirus
novel n. 小說；adj. 新奇的；異常的
新冠病毒疾病
COVID-19 ／kovid/
嚴重的呼吸系統疾病
severe respiratory illness
respiratory adj. /'rɛspərətɔri/ 呼吸的,呼吸用的
肺炎
pneumonia n. /nʊ'monɪə/
流行病
epidemic n. /ˌɛpɪ'dɛmɪk/
pandemic n. /pæn'dɛmɪk/
疫情大暴發
coronavirus outbreak
控制疫情大爆發
contain virus outbreak
contain v. /kən'ten/ 控制, 抑制
阻止病毒繼續傳播
prevent the virus from further spreading
spread v. /sprɛd/ 傳播；伸展
2. 症狀
symptom n. /'sɪmptəm/
eg. What symptoms do you have?
高燒
fever/high temperature
咳嗽
cough
呼吸急促
shortness of breath
eg. The symptoms such as fever, cough, and Shortness of breath may appear 2-14 days after exposure.
exposure n. /ɪk'spoʒɚ/ 暴露, 顯露
潛伏期 incubation period
incubation n. /ˌɪŋkju'beʃən/ (傳染病的)潛伏期；n. 孵卵;孵化
3. 病例 case
確診病例 confirmed case
疑似病例 presumptive case
presumptive adj. /pri'zʌmptɪv/ 假定的
死亡人數 death toll /tol/
toll n. /tol/ n. 通行費；代價
無症狀感染者 asymptomatic patient
asymptomatic adj. /ˌesɪmptə'mætɪk/ 無臨床症狀的
4. 檢測 test
eg. She has been tested for COVID-19.
陽性／陰性
positive/negative
eg. She has been tested positive/negative for COVID-19.
5. 口罩 face masks
戴口罩
wear face masks
醫用口罩
medical masks
外科口罩
surgical masks
surgical adj. /'sɝdʒɪkl/ 外科的；外科手術的
N95 口罩
N95 masks
口罩短缺
face masks shortage
shortage n. /'ʃɔrtɪdʒ/ 不足; 缺少; 匱乏
eg. Face masks are in short supply worldwide.
人工呼吸機
respirator n. /'rɛspəretɚ/
ventilator n. /'vɛntɪletɚ/
eg. She was put on a respirator/ventilator.
6. 感染
infect v. /ɪn'fɛkt/
被感染 get infected
避免感染 avoid infection
eg. COVID-19 has infected more than 2.1 million people worldwide.
eg. Now people here wear face masks when they go out to avoid infection.
7. 隔離
isolate v. /'aɪsəlɪt/
自我隔離／居家隔離
self-isolate/self-isolation at home
eg. He is currently self-isolating after contracting coronavirus.
contract n. /'kɑntrækt/ 合同；v. /kənˈtrækt/ 感染
quarantine n./v. /ˈkwɒrəntiːn/ 隔離
eg. He was put in quarantine after coming into contact with a patient.
come into contact with 接觸
8. 封城
lock down v.
eg. Wuhan has been locked down for 76 days.
lockdown n.
eg. Hardest-hit countries like Italy, Span and France extended their coronavirus lockdowns.
extend v. /ɪkˈstend/
9. 復工復產 resume work
resume v. /rɪˈzuːm/ 恢復
高校復學
reopen the colleges
保持社交距離
keep social distance
distance n. /ˈdɪstəns/ 距離
不得舉行大型集會
mass gathering activities shouldn’t be held
mass adj. [mæs] 大規模的
封閉及人員擁擠的地方帶口罩
wear face masks in closed venues and crowded places
venue n. /ˈvenjuː/
聚會地點(如音樂廳、體育比賽場館、會場)
crowded adj. /ˈkraʊdɪd/ 擁擠的; 充滿的; 擠滿的
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