VOA慢速英语:AIDS Study Called 2011 'Breakthrough'

短语讲解：

1. It showed that infected people with early treatment were ninety-six percent less likely to infect their partners.

infect with把…传染给…
例句：Go away, I don't want to infect you with my cold.
躲开, 我不愿意把感冒传染给你。

2. The study was a clinical trial known as HPTN 052. Myron Cohen led an international team that began the study in two thousand seven and announced the results last May.

known as被认为是，被称为
例句：Radio, television, newspapers and magazines are known as the mass media.
广播、电视、报纸和杂志被称为大众传媒。

3. We had a strong suspicion based on all the biological studies we had done that when we treat people and lower the concentration of HIV in the blood and secretions, we were rendering them less contagious.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
我们一定要从人民的利益出发。

4. It blows a gigantic wind behind the idea that treatment will serve as prevention.

serve as充当, 担任
例句：We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用。

5. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases paid for the study.

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

6. The results have already had an effect on government policies.

have an effect on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：This had a great effect upon the future of both mother and son.
这对母子俩的将来影响很大。

7. Dr. Cohen says the study results will be wasted unless they are linked to other areas of HIV treatment and prevention.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

8. So the 052 study kind of lends itself to understanding that if we don't know who's positive and negative, there's no benefit.

lend to (指物)适合于
例句：This poem lends itself to our program very well.
这首诗非常适合我们的节目。