VOA常速英语:Doctors Report Rise in Obesity-Related Cancers in US

词汇讲解：

1. annual adj. 每年的, 年度的, 一年一次的
例句：Your birthday is an annual event.
你的生日是年年都要庆祝的。

2. sentence n. 宣判, 判决
例句：The judge imposed a stiff sentence.
法官做出了严厉的判决。

3. 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。

4. 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%。

5. remission n. 缓和, 减轻
例句：This is his second remission from his illness.
这是他的病情第二次得到缓解。

6. decline vi. 下降,下跌;减少;衰退,衰落
例句：Unemployment declined to 4 percent last month.
上个月失业率降至百分之四。

7. plunge vi. 下降,急降;(道路等)陡峭地下倾
例句：Since then prices have plunged.
从那时起,价格猛跌。

8. profound adj. 深深的;深刻的;深切的;深度的
例句：Her parents' divorce had a profound effect on her life.
她父母的离异对她的生活有很深的影响。

9. quit vt. 停止
例句：My father has quit smoking.
我父亲已戒烟了。

10. burden n.重负
例句：His invalid father is becoming a burden.
他父亲体弱多病, 对他来说渐渐成了累赘。