学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3014 Down syndrome

今天我们要学的词是 down syndrome¹. Down syndrome 唐氏综合症。An 18-month-old baby with Down syndrome has been chosen by baby food maker² Gerber as its “Spokesbaby” for 2018. 一个18个月大患有唐氏综合症的幼儿被美国幼儿食品公司嘉宝公司挑选为2018年“代言幼儿”。There is a pending³ bill in Utah to prevent doctors from performing abortions⁴ on the basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis⁵. 美国犹他州一项有待投票的议案将禁止医生对被诊断出唐氏综合症的胎儿实施流产。好的，我们今天学习的词是down syndrome, down syndrome, down syndrome ...

1 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

4 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

5 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。