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VOA慢速英语:Needle Injuries to Medical Students Often Go Unreported

2010-02-10来源:和谐英语
1.supervise vt.vi.监督, 管理

例句:The group leader supervises a dozen workers.
      组长管十二个工人。

      The architect supervised the building of the house.
      建筑工程师监督房子的施工。

2.infectious adj.传染的, 有传染性的

例句:Influenza is an infectious disease.
      流感是一种传染病。

      The patient is still infectious.
      这个病人仍具有传染性。
 
3.associate vt.vi.(使)发生联系, (使)联合; 结交, 结伙

例句:I don't associate the two ideas.
      这两个概念我联系不起来。

4.stitch n.(缝纫或编织中的)一针

例句:She had the stitches taken out of the wound.
      她将伤口缝的线拆去了。

5.penetrate vt.vi.穿过, 刺入, 渗入

例句:The knife penetrated his finger.
      刀子刺入他的手指。

      Water penetrated the room.
      水渗入房间里。

引申意:了解

例句:She could penetrate what I was thinking.
      她了解我在想什么。

      I heard what you said, but it didn't penetrate.
      你的话我听见了, 但是没有听懂。

6.accidentally adv.偶然地;意外地;非故意地

例句:It was self-evident to her that anything so wonderful could not have evolved accidentally.
      她明显认为如此美妙的事不可能是偶然发生的。

7.perforate vt.穿孔于,在…上打眼

例句:to perforate something with a pin
      用针在某物上穿孔