每日一词【985】the Pill：避孕药

今天我们要学的词是the Pill。 大家都知道，pill是药片的意思，但是今天我们学习的the Pill, 第一个字母P大写，专门用来指避孕药。 "The Pill turned 50 on May 9th," 五月九号是避孕药诞生五十周年。 "The use of the Pill has always been controversial," 避孕药的使用一直存在争议。 "The Economist¹ named the Pill the most important scientific advance of the 20th century in 1999," 《经济学人》杂志1999年将避孕药称为二十世纪最重要的科技进步。如今， "More than 100 million women around the world start their day with the Pill," 世界各地一亿多女性每天早上起来，都会按时服用避孕药。好的，今天我们学习的词是The Pill...

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。