和谐英语

VOA常速英语:New Malaria Drugs Stop Parasite Early

2011-11-19来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. A new class of anti-malaria compounds kills the parasites in the developmental stages in the liver, before they get into the bloodstream.

get into进入
例句:The bus got me into the village at two o'clock.
两点钟时公共汽车把我送进村子里。

2. They were looking for ones that also might kill the parasite in its dormant liver stage.

look for寻找
例句:She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

3. In this study, the researchers mixed each one of the compounds with malaria parasites taken from live mosquitoes.

mix with (使)与…混〔结〕合
例句:This paint mixes easily with water.
这种颜料容易与水混合。

4. To test potential drugs developed from the chemicals that looked promising, Winzeler and her colleagues infected laboratory mice with the malaria parasite.

develop from从…中长出来〔产生出〕, (使)由…发展成
例句:Jim's father developed the business from small beginnings.
吉姆父亲的公司是从小到大发展起来的。

5. If successful, this work could lead to a malaria drug that attacks the dormant stage of the parasite, which occurs only in the Plasmodium vivax form of the disease.

lead to导致
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。