infection

• n. 感染；傳染；影響；傳染病

來自infect,傳染，感染。

infection (n.)

late 14c., "infectious disease; contaminated condition;" from Old French infeccion "contamination, poisoning" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin infectionem (nominative infectio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inficere (see infect). Meaning "communication of disease by agency of air or water" (distinguished from contagion, which is body-to-body communication), is from 1540s.

1. A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract.

感冒是上呼吸道的感染。

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2. They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten.

他們因吃錯東西而得了很嚴重的感染症。

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3. All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection.

目前所有血液製品均經過熱處理，以防止各種感染。

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4. Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin.

我們的醫生診斷是喉部感染，並且開了一些抗生素和小劑量阿司匹林。

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5. She was on antibiotics for an eye infection that wouldn't go away.

由於眼睛感染一直不見好，她在服用抗生素。

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