Time 2023.3.2

1.單詞

[1]???? deliver v. 交付 e.g. The company delivered just over 1.3 million cars in 2022.

[2]???? deride v. 嘲笑 e.g. He derided the broad offerings of competing automakers as simply a “shuffling” of many similar models.

[3]???? plant n. 工廠 e.g. To qualify for the tax credit, the cars must be assembled in North America, so the eventual output from the plant in Mexico should qualify.

[4]???? congenital [k?n?d?en?tl] adj. 先天的；天生的

[5]???? syphilis [?s?f?l?s] n. 梅毒

[6]???? neonatal adj. 新生兒的

[7]???? intubate v. 把管子插進

[8]???? intravenous adj. 注入靜脈的 e.g. Venus was whisked off[輕輕地撣去；飛奔至] to the neonatal intensive care unit[嬰兒重癥監(jiān)護所], where she was intubated and treated with round-the-clock[夜以繼日的] infusions of an intravenous antibiotic[靜脈抗生素]for the next 10 days.

[9]???? feisty [fa?sti] adj. 精神健碩的 Now a feisty, taco-loving 18-month-old, Venus has recovered from the initial infection

[10]? stillbirth n. 死產(chǎn)

[11]? genitals n. 外生殖器

[12]? mimic v. 模仿 Syphilis is sometimes called the great pretender because its symptoms can mimic those of many other diseases.

[13]? fatigue n. 疲勞；厭倦 v. 使疲乏

[14]? uneven adj. 不均衡的

[15]? Medicaid n. 醫(yī)療輔助金；公費醫(yī)療補助制

[16]? transactional adj. 交易的 transactional sex

[17]? perinatal adj. 臨產(chǎn)期的

2.短語

[1]???? with…destined for 目的地是… ?But 90% of the cars it builds are exported, with 76% destined for the United States.

[2]???? cling to life 堅持活下去；艱難地活下去 Venus Johnson entered the world clinging to life. She stopped breathing shortly after delivery[分娩].

[3]???? whisk off 主動：輕輕地拂去 被動：被送至

[4]???? skin sores 皮膚潰瘍

[5]???? congenital syphilis 先天性梅毒

[6]???? fall through the cracks [嚴重的事情]被遺忘；被忽視 But increasingly, people are falling through the cracks during pregnancy, not getting tested or treated in time to stop transmission from mother to infant.

[7]???? Substance abuse 藥物濫用