1、現代人的健康問題

健康

healthy

溫差

temperature difference

擤

blow (one’s nose)

鼻涕

nasal mucus, snot; (Gooier than 鼻水)

毛病

ailment, sickness

(Any of a number of small physical or mental problems or problematic habis a person has. May be anything from nail biting to a persistant cough)

傳染力

virulence, the power to spread/be transmitted (of diseases)

傳染

to spread to, to give (a disease)

團體

group, organization

患

to suffer from (an illness), to have (a disease)

流

to run, to flow

鼻水

nasal mucus, snot; (More watery than 鼻涕)

鼻孔

nostril

塞

to be stuffed up

呼吸

breathing

即使

even though, even if

熬

to suffer through; (Lit. to stew over low heat for a long time)

照常

as usual, per usual

症狀

symptom

疲倦

fatigued, exhausted, tired

肌肉

muscle

否則

or else; otherwise

轉變

to change, to turn (into)

併發症

(a medical) complication

由於

due to, owing to, because

醫藥

medicine; (includes the medical and pharmacological fields)

藥物

a medicine, drug

死亡

death

-率

rate

成長

growth

富裕

wealthy

舒適

comfortable

(Differs from 舒服 in that in describes not one’s subjective physical/mental experience, but rather things that cause one to feel comfortable)

原始

primitive

打獵

to hunt

逃避

to flee (from);

(Often used with more abstract objects)

躲避

to flee (from);

(Often used with more concrete objects)

野獸

beast, wild animal

勞力

physical labor/effort

器官

bodily organ

組織

tissue (biology)

適應

to adapt (to)

勞動

to labor

粗重

tough/physical (used to describe work)

祖先

ancestor

肝

liver

生活型態

way of life

改觀

to change completely (for the better);

(Usually used to refer to an already completed change)

遺傳

to pass down (genetic traits)

迅速

rapid

退化

to deteriorate; to degenerate (described bodily tissue, organs, etc)

病毒

virus

侵入

to invade

疾病

disease, illness

血管

blood vessel

血球

blood cell

血漿

blood plasma

侵害

to violate;

(This is an example of one kind of passive construction in Chinese, 受(到) + V)

展開

to start (a war)

復原

to recover and return to normal

-臟

bodily organ

緩慢

slow

拖

to draw out; (with the implication of persisting in doing something one shouldn’t or not doing something one should be doing)

缺少

to not have enough of or to lack

忙碌

busy (more formal/written than 忙)

預先

in advance, ahead of time

安排

an engagement

養病

to convalesce

注射

to inject

治療

to treat/cure (a patient)(an illness)

考取

to obtain (a qualification or license) through testing

執照

a license

開業

to start a business (said of doctors, lawyers, etc. starting their own practice)

愁

to worry that

藥劑師

pharmacist

親切

thoughtful, solicitous

配

to dispense;

(配藥 = to dispense medicine

配眼鏡 = to have glasses

配假牙 = to get dentures)

滿載而歸

to head home after having gotten a lot out of something (literally and metaphorically)

對付

to handle (something negative which opposes one)

自身

one’s own, oneself

阻止

to prevent or stop

蔓延

spreading

克制

to control and supress

沙啞

hoarse

處方

perscription

治標

a surface-deep remedy

食物

food

營養

nutrition, nourishment

蛋白質

protein

脂肪

fat

消耗

to use up, to expend

久而久之

in due course, after a long time

額外

extra

負擔

burden

廢物

waste (matter)

堆

to pile up

造成

to create (something negative or problematic)

污染

pollution

阻塞

to block up

威脅

to threaten

流通

flow

因而

thus