VOA常速英语:Consortium Takes Aim at 'Neglected' Tropical Diseases

in pledge在抵押中, 在典当中
例句：He put bonds in pledge for a loan.
他将债券作抵押以取得贷款。

2. The London Declaration calls for the control or elimination of 10 tropical infections by the year 2020 - among them, such ancient scourges as lymphatic filariasis, blinding trachoma, leprosy, sleeping sickness, and guinea worm.

call for要求
例句：The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。

3. The soil-transmitted helminthes - you won’t see a visual picture, but what actually goes on is that the parasitic load that young kids have of those worms means that they are malnourished in a way that their brain never fully develops," said Gates.

go on发生，(活动)进行
例句：There is a wedding going on at the church.
教堂正在举行一场婚礼。

4. The thirteen drug companies partnering in the initiative have agreed to share their libraries of experimental compounds to speed up development of new drugs and treatment.

agree to同意, 赞成, 同意照办
例句：They agreed to reserve four tickets for us.
他们答应给我们留四张票。
speed up (使)加速
例句：We are speeding up the mechanization of our agriculture.
我们正在加快农业机械化的步伐。

5. Experts hope that by the decade's end, the focus this initiative brings to neglected tropical diseases will mean they will no longer have to be called “neglected.”

bring to使达到…; 把…带给(某人), 带往(某处); 使用于…; 使加入, 参与…
例句：How much experience does he bring this specialized work to?
他有多少经验从事于这项专案呢?
no longer不再, 已不, 不复, 再也不
例句：The city's water supply is no longer adequate for its need.
这个城市的供水已不敷需求。