【英语时差8,16】咖啡因预防老年痴呆症？-下

And the mice that drank regular water? They lost more and more of their memory and thinking skills. So does this mean that drinking lots of coffee or tea or even soft drinks will prevent you from getting Alzheimer’s? Could reversing¹ memory loss caused by Alzheimer’s be as simple as drinking more coffee? That remains² to be seen. But at least one previous study found that among a test group of people in Portugal, those with Alzheimer’s drank less coffee over the past twenty years than people without Alzheimer’s. Several other uncontrolled clinical studies have found that caffeine slows memory loss during normal aging. The researchers are planning clinical human studies to see if caffeine’s benefits for memory addled³ mice translate to people. If so, caffeine could be an important way to combat⁴ Alzheimer’s–a disease that affects nearly half of Americans older than 85.

1 reversing   

adj.回动的v.（使）反转( reverse的现在分词 )；（使）颠倒；（使）翻转；推翻

参考例句：

• The driver bumped the kerb while reversing. 司机倒车时撞到了路边石。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She ran (ie drove) her car into a tree while reversing. 她倒车时撞着了一棵树。 来自辞典例句

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 addled   

adj.（头脑）糊涂的，愚蠢的；（指蛋类）变坏v.使糊涂( addle的过去式和过去分词 )；使混乱；使腐臭；使变质

参考例句：

• Being in love must have addled your brain. 坠入爱河必已使你神魂颠倒。
• He has addled his head with reading and writing all day long. 他整天读书写字，头都昏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 combat   

n.战斗，斗争，格斗；vt.与...斗争，与...战斗

参考例句：

• The police are now using computers to help combat crime.警方现在使用电脑打击犯罪活动。
• A reporter interviewed the combat hero.记者访问了这位战斗英雄。