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1. 冠状病毒
coronavirus
corona n. /kəˈronə/ 日冕，冠状物
virus n. /'vaɪrəs/ 病毒
computer virus 电脑病毒
新冠病毒
novel coronavirus
novel n. 小说；adj. 新奇的；异常的
新冠病毒疾病
COVID-19 ／kovid/
严重的呼吸系统疾病
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/
疫情大暴发
coronavirus outbreak
控制疫情大爆发
contain virus outbreak
contain v. /kən'ten/ 控制, 抑制
阻止病毒继续传播
prevent the virus from further spreading
spread v. /sprɛd/ 传播；伸展
2. 症状
symptom n. /'sɪmptəm/
eg. What symptoms do you have?
高烧
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, 显露
潜伏期 incubation period
incubation n. /ˌɪŋkju'beʃən/ (传染病的)潜伏期；n. 孵卵;孵化
3. 病例 case
确诊病例 confirmed case
疑似病例 presumptive case
presumptive adj. /pri'zʌmptɪv/ 假定的
死亡人数 death toll /tol/
toll n. /tol/ n. 通行费；代价
无症状感染者 asymptomatic patient
asymptomatic adj. /ˌesɪmptə'mætɪk/ 无临床症状的
4. 检测 test
eg. She has been tested for COVID-19.
阳性／阴性
positive/negative
eg. She has been tested positive/negative for COVID-19.
5. 口罩 face masks
戴口罩
wear face masks
医用口罩
medical masks
外科口罩
surgical masks
surgical adj. /'sɝdʒɪkl/ 外科的；外科手术的
N95 口罩
N95 masks
口罩短缺
face masks shortage
shortage n. /'ʃɔrtɪdʒ/ 不足; 缺少; 匮乏
eg. Face masks are in short supply worldwide.
人工呼吸机
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. 隔离
isolate v. /'aɪsəlɪt/
自我隔离／居家隔离
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/ 隔离
eg. He was put in quarantine after coming into contact with a patient.
come into contact with 接触
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. 复工复产 resume work
resume v. /rɪˈzuːm/ 恢复
高校复学
reopen the colleges
保持社交距离
keep social distance
distance n. /ˈdɪstəns/ 距离
不得举行大型集会
mass gathering activities shouldn’t be held
mass adj. [mæs] 大规模的
封闭及人员拥挤的地方带口罩
wear face masks in closed venues and crowded places
venue n. /ˈvenjuː/
聚会地点(如音乐厅、体育比赛场馆、会场)
crowded adj. /ˈkraʊdɪd/ 拥挤的; 充满的; 挤满的
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