VOA常速英语:Breast, Cervical Cancers Rates Rising Worldwide

词汇讲解：

1. incidence n. 发生率, 影响范围
例句：This area has a high incidence of crime, disease, unemployment, etc.
这个地区的犯罪率、发病率、失业率等很高。

2. sharp adj. 轮廓鲜明的; 明显的; 清晰的
例句：There were sharp differences of opinion between the two.
两者的意见存在着明显的分歧。

3. pregnant adj. 怀孕的, 怀胎的
例句：She is pregnant with her first child.
她怀了第一胎。

4. ignore vt. 不顾,不理会;忽视
例句：Even the best of men ignored that simple rule.
甚至最优秀的人也忽略了那条简单的规则。

5. alarming adj. 使人害怕的;扰乱人心的
例句：The report is most alarming.
这个报告最为扰乱人心。

6. 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。

7. 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%。

8. screen vt. 审查, 甄选
例句：Unsuitable candidates were screened out.
那些不合格的候选人被筛选掉了。

9. accessible adj. 容易取得的，容易获得的，容易达到的
例句：Medicine should not be kept where it is accessible to children.
药物不应放在容易被小孩拿到的地方。

10. commit vt. 承诺; 使自己受约束
例句：He has committed himself to support them.
他答应负担他们的生活。