考研英語長難句｜Day57

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今日長難句

The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease such as young children and immunosuppressed persons.

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詞彙解析

virus [ˈvaɪrəs] n. 病毒

exploit [ɪkˈsplɔɪt, ˈeksplɔɪt] v. 利用

establish [ɪˈstæblɪʃ] v. 建立，確立

pathogen [ˈpæθədʒən] n. 病原體

severe disease 嚴重疾病

immunosuppress [ɪmjunoʊsəˈpres] v. 抑制免疫（句中加ed，可理解爲adj，意爲 “免疫功能不全的，免疫抑制的”）

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結構分析

✔句子主幹：

The public health risk could become high

✔狀語從句：

if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease

同位語（舉例）：

such as young children and immunosuppressed persons

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參考譯文

The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of severe disease such as young children and immunosuppressed persons.

如果這一病毒利用機會確立自己作爲人類病原體的地位 / 有機會成爲人類病原體，並向幼兒和免疫抑制者等患嚴重疾病風險較高的羣體傳播，那麼公共衛生風險可能會變得很高。