VOA常速英语:Breast Cancer Patient's Genetic Profile Guides Treatment Options

 词汇讲解：

1. combat vt. 与…战斗, 与…斗争
例句：The police are now using computers to help combat crime.
警方现在使用电脑打击犯罪活动。

2. treatment n. 治疗; 疗法;诊治
例句：He's receiving treatment for cancer.
他正在接受癌症治疗。

3. anxiety n. 焦虑, 担心, 不安
例句：There's a lot of anxiety among the staff about possible job losses.
工作人员都很忧虑, 担心可能失业。

4. undergo vt. 经历，经受（变化、不快的事等）
例句：He underwent a lot of hardships in his childhood.
他在童年时代经历了许多坎坷。

5. counselor n. 顾问,参事
例句：His elder sister had been his guide, counselor, and friend.
他姐姐过去一直指导他,给他出主意,是他的朋友。

6. survival n. 幸存, 生存
例句：The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.
医生告诉我的妻子, 说我活下去的可能性只有50%。

7. alternative adj. 两者择一的, 供替代的
例句：We returned by the alternative road.
我们从另一条路回来的。

8. 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。

9. predict v. 预言; 预测; 预示; 预告; 预报
例句：I cannot predict when to meet her again.
我无法预测什么时候会再见到她。

10. physician n. 医师；（尤指）内科医生
例句：He is a prominent physician.
他是位著名的(内科)医生。

11. vigilant adj. 警惕的;警戒的;警觉的
例句：He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.
他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。

12. malignant adj. (疾病)恶性的; 极危险的; 致命的
例句：He was died of a malignant tumour.
他死于恶性肿瘤。