【双语有声阅读】酒精对女性的影响(3)

This greater sensitivity to alcohol leaves women more prone¹ to alcohol-related illnesses like cirrhosis of the liver and alcohol-induced brain damage. Other worrisome results show a correlation² between heavy drinking among women and their rate of sexual victimization and domestic 5 violence. While there have always been reasons for women to be careful when drinking alcohol, this new research gives them even more cause to be aware and play it safe.

 

对酒精更为敏感，使得女性更容易罹患像肝硬化等与酒精有关的疾病以及因酒精造成的脑部损害。其它令人担忧的研究结果显示，女性酗酒与遭到性侵害和家庭暴力有着相互关联。虽然要女性对喝酒要小心的理由是多方面的，但这项新研究就更需要她们小心，以防不测。

1 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

2 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。