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不怕殺蟲劑!抗藥蚊子現蹤亞洲 Research Shows Mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam Are Harder to Kill

Research Shows Mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam Are Harder to Kill
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不怕殺蟲劑!抗藥蚊子現蹤亞洲 Research Shows Mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam Are Harder to Kill
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        New research suggests that the battle against malaria, dengue fever , and other diseases spread by mosquitoes is getting tougher. According to an official from Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases, mutations have made some species of this annoying pest much more resistant to a chemical called permethrin in insecticides than ever before.

        Shinji Kasai, a director at the institute, said some of the insects are virtually immune to chemical control. While it is common for mosquitoes to build up resistance over time, Kasai said some mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam were 1,000 times more resistant to insecticides than before. In the past, researchers only observed mosquitoes with just one-tenth of that level of resistance.

 

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Words in Use
tough
[tʌf]
a. 堅韌的;嚴厲的;艱苦的,困難的;堅硬的,堅固的
annoying
[əˋnɔɪɪŋ]
a. 討厭的,煩人的,令人厭煩的
pest
[pɛst]
n. 害蟲;討厭鬼;有害的動物
resistant
[rɪˋzɪstənt]
a. . 抵抗的;對……抵抗力強的
vaccine
[ˋvæksin]
n. . 疫苗
transfer
[ˋtrænsfɝ]
n. 調任;轉帳
virtually
[ˋvɝtʃʊəlɪ]
adv. 幾乎地
immune
[ɪˋmjun]
a. 免疫的
observe
[əbˋzɝv]
vt. 觀察;遵守
dose
[dos]
vt. (按劑量)給……服藥(常與介詞 with 並用)
n. 藥劑
urgently
[ˋɝdʒəntlɪ]
adv. 緊急地,急迫地
malaria
[məˋlɛrɪə]
n. 瘧疾
shortage
[ˋʃɔrtɪdʒ]
n. 缺乏,不足,匱乏
insecticide
[ɪnˋsɛktə͵saɪd]
n. 殺蟲劑
permethrin
[pɝˈmɛθrɪn]
n. 氯菊酯
mutation
[mjuˋteʃən]
n. (基因)突變
infectious
[ɪnˋfɛkʃəs]
a. 傳染的
institute
[ˋɪnstətjut]
n. (研究)機構,協會;學院(尤指理工學院)
vt. 開始;制定
resistance
[rɪˋzɪstəns]
n. 抗拒;(身體的)抵抗力;阻力
Practical Phrases
build up... / build... up
 增強、鍛鍊;堆積……;積聚,累積
= pile up...
= amass...

I need to do more exercise to build up my muscles.
我需要多做運動來鍛鍊我的肌肉。

Without regular exercise, fat can build up in the body.
如果不經常運動,脂肪就會在體內堆積

Snow built up on the roof after the storm.
暴風雪過後,屋頂上滿了雪。

deal with...
 與……交易;處理……(心理上的壓力或悲傷);應付....

This week, I have a lot of work to deal with.
這個星期我有很多工作要處理

Fred had to deal with a difficult customer at work today.
弗瑞德今天上班時必須應付一位難纏的客人。

Ada is still learning to deal with her father's death.
艾達仍在學著面對父親的離世。

a shortage of...
 ……的短缺

Years of civil war have led to an acute shortage of labor in this country.
多年的內戰已造成該國當地勞動人口嚴重短缺

dengue fever
 登革熱

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