胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇126

The scourge¹ of Malaria² from (indisputable to infertile)

Malaria is an infection that is often fatal and inevitably³ affects every part of a patient’s body. Recently it was reported that an intravenously inducible⁴ medicine has now come on the market. The good news is that only few people, such as pregnant women, are ineligible⁵ for treatment.

That report appears to be grounded on indisputable facts and is a boon⁶ for sufferers from an infectious disease that causes so much grief for its victims. The only known side effect so far is that such injections may induce a degree of drowsiness⁷. Patients will prefer this condition to having to lie on their beds totally inert⁸ for the duration of the illness.

疟疾之灾祸

疟疾是一种通常会致命的传染病，必然影响病人身体的每一部分。最近，据报道说一种在静脉内可诱导的药现在已经上市了。好消息是只有少数人，如孕妇，不适合这种治疗。

那篇报道似乎以毋庸置疑的事实为依据，它对这种传染病患者而言犹如雪中送炭，令人感激，尽管这种易传染的疾病已给受害人造成很大痛苦。到目前为止，已知的唯一副作用是这种注射可能引起一定的睡意。与患病期间躺在床上，完全没有行动能力相比，病人会更喜欢这种状态。

1 scourge   

n.灾难，祸害；v.蹂躏

参考例句：

• Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。
• The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后，不称职的人就遭殃了。

2 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

3 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

4 inducible   

adj.可诱导的

参考例句：

• Until now,crop breeders have paid little attention to inducible resistance.直到现在为止，作物培育者还很少注意诱导抗性。
• Inducible resistance,by contrast,gives less absolute protection but should be much more robust.两相比较，诱导抗性提供的保护不那么绝对，但是却有更稳健的生命力。

5 ineligible   

adj.无资格的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The new rules have made thousands more people ineligible for legal aid.新规定使另外数千人不符合接受法律援助的资格。
• The country had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending.这个国家已被宣布没有资格获得世界银行的贷款。

6 boon   

n.恩赐，恩物，恩惠

参考例句：

• A car is a real boon when you live in the country.在郊外居住，有辆汽车确实极为方便。
• These machines have proved a real boon to disabled people.事实证明这些机器让残疾人受益匪浅。

7 drowsiness   

n.睡意；嗜睡

参考例句：

• A feeling of drowsiness crept over him. 一种昏昏欲睡的感觉逐渐袭扰着他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This decision reached, he finally felt a placid drowsiness steal over him. 想到这，来了一点平安的睡意。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

8 inert   

adj.无活动能力的，惰性的；迟钝的

参考例句：

• Inert gas studies are providing valuable information about other planets,too.对惰性气体的研究，也提供了有关其它行星的有价值的资料。
• Elemental nitrogen is a very unreactive and inert material.元素氮是一个十分不活跃的惰性物质。