考研英語長難句|Day57

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今日長難句

The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease such as young children and immunosuppressed persons.

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詞彙解析

virus [ˈvaɪrəs] n. 病毒

exploit [ɪkˈsplɔɪt, ˈeksplɔɪt] v. 利用

establish [ɪˈstæblɪʃ] v. 建立,確立

pathogen [ˈpæθədʒən] n. 病原體

severe disease 嚴重疾病

immunosuppress [ɪmjunoʊsəˈpres] v. 抑制免疫(句中加ed,可理解爲adj,意爲 “免疫功能不全的,免疫抑制的”)

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結構分析

✔句子主幹:

The public health risk could become high

✔狀語從句:

if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease

同位語(舉例):

such as young children and immunosuppressed persons

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參考譯文

The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease such as young children and immunosuppressed persons.

如果這一病毒利用機會確立自己作爲人類病原體的地位 / 有機會成爲人類病原體,並向幼兒和免疫抑制者等患嚴重疾病風險較高的羣體傳播,那麼公共衛生風險可能會變得很高。