“pneumonia”是名词,意为“肺炎”,是一种常见的呼吸系统疾病。其用法主要包括在医学语境中作为病症名称使用,也可在一般描述中表达某人患有肺炎这一情况。
“pneumonia”源自希腊语“pneumon”(肺)和后缀“-itis”(表示炎症),直接指代肺部发生的炎症疾病,即肺炎。肺炎可由细菌、病毒、真菌等病原体感染引起,也可因吸入异物、过敏反应等因素导致,症状通常包括咳嗽、发热、胸痛、呼吸困难等。
医学专业术语:在医学报告、病历记录、医学研究文献等专业场景中,“pneumonia”是描述肺部炎症病症的标准词汇。例如:
The patient was diagnosed with pneumonia after a series of tests.(经过一系列检查后,该患者被诊断为患有肺炎。)
In this study, we analyzed the clinical characteristics of 100 cases of pneumonia.(在这项研究中,我们分析了100例肺炎病例的临床特征。)
日常表达:在普通对话、新闻报道等日常语境中,也会使用“pneumonia”来描述某人患上了肺炎。例如:
My grandmother has been in the hospital for a week because of pneumonia.(我祖母因为肺炎已经在医院住了一周了。)
There has been an outbreak of pneumonia in the local community.(当地社区爆发了肺炎疫情。)
catch pneumonia:患上肺炎,强调突然感染或发病。例如:He caught pneumonia after being caught in the rain.(他在淋雨后患上了肺炎。)
suffer from pneumonia:遭受肺炎的折磨,突出患者因肺炎而承受痛苦。例如:Many elderly people suffer from pneumonia during the winter.(许多老年人在冬季会遭受肺炎的折磨。)
treat pneumonia:治疗肺炎,说明对肺炎进行医疗干预的行为。例如:The doctor prescribed some antibiotics to treat his pneumonia.(医生开了一些抗生素来治疗他的肺炎。)