和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Drug Treats Memory Problems in Mice(翻译)

2016-09-06来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. People were given aducanumab, a drug that fights substances that build up in the brain of Alzheimer's patients.

build up 逐步建立; 增进; (在某个地方) 盖满了建筑物
例句:In a small bay big waves will never build up.
在小的港湾里,永远也不会形成大的波涛。

2. The researchers reported that in the brains of those given the treatment, there was an "almost complete clearance" of the amyloid plaques, according to the AFP news agency.

according to 根据,按照
例句:According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。