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研究:警察广泛存在睡眠障碍

2011-12-24来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. survey vt调查,向...作调查
例句:In five of the villages that were surveyed, non-farm work provided one quarter of their income.
在五个被调查的村子中,非农工作为它们提供了四分之一的收入。

2. impair vt.损害, 削弱
例句:Smoking impairs our health.
吸烟会损害我们的健康。

3. screen vt. 审查, 甄选
例句:Unsuitable candidates were screened out.
那些不合格的候选人被筛选掉了。

4. obstructive adj. 故意阻碍的
例句:He doesn’t really have an alternative suggestion; he’s just being deliberately obstructive.
他并非真有其他建议,只不过是有意作梗。

5. brief adj. 短暂的, 短时间的
例句:There was a brief pause in the conversation.
对话中有短暂的停顿。

6. interrupt vt. 打断
例句:You'd better not interrupt him. He is sleeping.
你最好别打扰他, 他在睡觉。

7. diagnose vt.诊断
例句:The doctor diagnosed my illness as a rare skin disease.
医生诊断我的病为罕见的皮肤病。

8. scramble vt. 争夺, 争抢;混杂; 把…搅乱
例句:The reporters scrambled for the phones.
记者们争抢电话。

9. fitness n. 健康,健壮
例句:They’re doing exercises to improve their fitness.
他们为增强体质而做体操。

10. shift n.转换, 转变
例句:A sudden shift in the wind warned of the coming storm.
风向的突然改变预示暴风雨来临。