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标题[News] Mammography may be harmful to high-risk women
时间Tue Dec 8 11:00:40 2009
原文:For young women who have a high risk of breast cancer because of genetic mutations or
family history, the radiation from yearly mammograms may make the risk even higher, researchers
reported at a radiology conference on Monday.
翻译:研究人员周一在一项放射学会议上报告说,因为基因突变或家族病史导致罹患乳癌风险较高的年轻妇女
,如果每年接受乳房X光检查,会因放射线而使得罹癌风险更为提高。
字辞解析:
*mutations(名词,复数)
变化、常指细胞或病毒等的突变;
例句:The World Health Organization confirmed last week that an H1N1 virus mutation had been
discovered in Ukraine and the same mutation has shown up in Norway. (世界卫生组织上周证实,
H1N1病毒的一个变种已经在乌克兰发现,而同样的变种病毒也在挪威出现。)
「忍者龟」的英文是Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,其中的mutant是mutate(动词)和mutation(名词)
的形容词,但它本身也可以当名词用,指的是「突变的物种」。
*radiation(名词)
放射线;
动词to radiate原本是「发光」、「发热」和「放出辐射线」的意思,可以用来指太阳或明艳照人的美女
,例如形容她radiates style and beauty(散发出格调和美)。
Radiator是(汽车的)散热器。
*mammograms(名词,复数)
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