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。