情景会话口袋书人际篇168:就诊(4)

 　　13. Your blood pressure is really up.

　　你的血压很高。

　　还能这样说：

　　You have a high blood pressure.

　　High blood pressure is creeping up on you.

　　应用解析：

　　bring pressure to bear on sb. 对某人施加压力；

　　put pressure on sb. (to do sth.) 催逼某人

　　14. Do you feel bloated in your abdominal¹ area after a meal?

　　饭后你肚子胀吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Does your abdomen² puff³ up after a meal?

　　Do you have a bloated feeling after a meal?

　　谚语：

　　Always taking out of the meal-tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.

　　坐吃山空。

　　15. Do you have nightmares occasionally?

　　你有时会做噩梦吗？

　　还能这样说：

　　Do you have bad dreams sometimes?

　　Do you have some horrible dreams at times?

　　16. Your tonsils are a little swollen⁴ and red.

　　你的扁桃体有点红肿。

　　还能这样说：

　　There is inflammation of your tonsils.

　　Your tonsils suffer from an inflammation.

　　应用解析：

　　a swell⁵ in population 人口的膨胀；

　　a swell in politics 政界名人；

　　swell out 使鼓起；

　　swell up 胀起来

　　17. Maybe the food had something wrong with it.

　　可能是你吃的食物有问题。

　　还能这样说：

　　It may be the reason of the food you ate.

　　There may be something wrong with the food.

　　应用解析：

　　become food for fishes 葬身鱼腹；

　　be food for worms 死亡；

　　chew the food 寻思，玩味；

　　off one's food 胃口不佳，食欲减退

1 abdominal   

adj.腹（部）的，下腹的；n.腹肌

参考例句：

• The abdominal aorta is normally smaller than the thoracic aorta.腹主动脉一般比胸主动脉小。
• Abdominal tissues sometimes adhere after an operation.手术之后腹部有时会出现粘连。

2 abdomen   

n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)

参考例句：

• How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
• He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。

3 puff   

n.一口(气)；一阵(风)；v.喷气，喘气

参考例句：

• He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
• They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。

4 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

5 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。