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parasite

读音
ˈpærəsaɪt
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词根

"Parasite" 由来自希腊语的词根 "para-"(并行,背对背)和 "-sitos"(食物)合成。由同样的词根衍生出来的单词还有 "paradox"(悖论), "parallel"(并行)。

释义

n. 寄生虫;食客 [ 复数 parasites ]

例句

One of the ways the parasite spreads is through faecal matter.
寄生物传播的方式之一就是透过排泄物。
Schistosomiasis is diagnosed through the detection of parasite eggs in stool or urine specimens.
血吸虫病的诊断方法是,检测粪便或尿液标本中寄生虫卵。
At times, it is actually possible to watch the effects of natural selection in host-parasite relationships.
有时,在宿主-寄生虫关系中观察自然选择的影响实际上是可能的。

强化记忆

你可以联想到 "parasite" 和 "sight" 的发音相似,可以通过想象寄生虫在宿主眼中的图景来帮助记忆。"Parasite" 这个词在欧美文化中有贬义,泛指以他人为生计、损人利己的人。其在生物学中的定义也类似,指的是寄生生物。

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it can even kill them before they're even adults.Very detrimental parasite.As part of my job, I spend a lot of time in the greenhouse growing plants,
"Well, we've done all these things that are focused on the Plasmodium,the parasite involved.What can we do to the mosquito?
It might take high concentrations of antibodiesagainst multiple parasite proteins.We're also learning that antibodies kill the parasite in multiple ways,
and we end up with a symbiotic relationshipwith this new parasite.And so, from our perspective,
Here we are talking a parasite --not a two-legged parasite,but an eight-legged parasite, of course.
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