英 [klɪf] 美 [klɪf]
n. 悬崖,峭壁
英文释义:
A cliff is a high area of land with a very steep side, especially one next to the sea. (尤其指靠海的) 悬崖
例句:
The car had toppled over the cliff.
汽车从山崖上跌落下去了。
menace
英 [ˈmenəs] 美 [ˈmenəs]
n. 威胁,危险的人或物(以)威胁(或恐吓)的手段
v. 威胁,恐吓
英文释义:
If you say that one thing menaces another, you mean that the first thing is likely to cause the second thing serious harm. 威胁
例句:
They seem determined to menace the United States and its allies.
他们好像决心要威胁美国及其盟国。
植物人:PVS
persist vegetative states
是与植物生存状态相似的特殊的人体状态。除保留一些本能性的神经反射和进行物质及能量的代谢能力外,认知能力已完全丧失,无任何主动活动。
If someone is in a persistent vegetative state, they are unable to think, speak, or move because they have severe brain damage, and their condition is not likely to improve. 植物人状态
Modern medicine, however, has created a third option, the persistent vegetative state.
现代医学造就了第三种情况,那便是植物人。
persist
英 [pəˈsɪst] 美 [pərˈsɪst]
v. 继续存在,持续;坚持
英文释义:
If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist. (尤指不合意的事物) 继续存在
例句:
Contact your doctor if the cough persists.
如果持续咳嗽,就与医生联系。
recovery
英 [rɪˈkʌvəri] 美 [rɪˈkʌvəri]
n. 康复,痊愈;戒除;恢复,复苏
(供刚做完手术的病人使用的)监护室
英文释义:
If a sick person makes a recovery, he or she becomes well again. 痊愈
例句:
The abrupt loss and recovery of consciousness.
意识的突然失去和恢复。
The patient made a rapid recovery.
病人很快恢复了健康。
suffer
英 [ˈsʌfə(r)] 美 [ˈsʌfər]
v. (因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦,受折磨;经受,遭受(坏事)
suffer from 忍受,遭受;受…之苦
suffer for 因…而遭受
例句:
Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.
在几天时间里她已病得很重,经受了极大的痛苦和不适。