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研究:呼吸分析可以帮助诊断癌症

2012-01-05来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. Dr. Peter Mazzone led the study using breath analysis as a tool to diagnose lung cancer.

use as把…当作…使用
例句:Corn is used as animal feed.
玉米被用作牲口饲料。

2. We were a little more accurate if we looked for a very specific type of lung cancer rather than lung cancer in general.

look for寻找
例句:She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。
rather than而不是
例句:They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

3. For example, the study shows aggressive cancers have a different breath bio-signature than cancers which are not so fast-moving.

for example例如, 譬如
例句:There are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for example.
空气污染有许多来源, 例如废气。