To be a very important part of something or have a significant influence on an outcome.
扮演关键角色
解释: 用于描述某人或某事物在特定情况、计划或成就中具有决定性的影响力。
范例: Technology played a key role in helping students learn from home during the pandemic.
To maintain a physical space between oneself and others.
保持距离
解释: 在公共卫生语境下,特指“社交距离”,以防止疾病传播。
范例: Please keep distance from others while waiting in line at the supermarket.
To cooperate or collaborate with others to achieve a common goal.
合作、齐心协力
解释: 强调多人或多个团体为了同一个目标而共同努力,不分彼此。
范例: By working together, the community was able to clean up the park in one day.
A medical state where a patient's condition is severe, often requiring hospitalization or intensive care.
重症 / 严重疾病
解释: 在日常生活中,'serious' 通常指“严肃的”或“认真的”。但在医学和公共卫生语境下,'serious illness' 特指病情的严重程度(如 COVID-19 的重症),这与轻症(mild symptoms)形成对比,通常涉及器官功能受损或需要氧气治疗。
范例: The vaccine is highly effective at preventing serious illness and death.
The science and systems focused on protecting and improving the health of entire populations through organized community efforts.
公共卫生
解释: 单词 'public' 平常指“公众的”或“公开的”。然而 'public health' 是一个专门的学术与政策领域,它不只是指“大众的健康”,而是指一套包含疾病监测、疫苗接种计划和卫生法规的社会体系。
范例: Public health measures like social distancing helped slow the spread of the virus.