epidemiology
epidemiology — 名詞
1. the science of tracking how illnesses start, move through communities, and can b
流行病學
研究疾病如何在人群中傳播與控制的科學
the science of tracking how illnesses start, move through communities, and can be reduced or stopped
Dr. Kofi Mensah used epidemiology to show that the water supply was the source of the stomach illness.
Kofi Mensah 博士利用流行病學證明水源是造成腸胃疾病的原因。
collocation: epidemiology + to show / used + epidemiology + to + verb
Students in the epidemiology course studied maps of last year's flu cases to learn how the virus traveled.
流行病學課程的學生研究了去年流感病例地圖，以了解病毒是如何傳播的。
noun modifier: epidemiology course
Nadia and her team published a paper on the epidemiology of childhood asthma in the city's poorer neighborhoods.
Nadia 和她的團隊發表了一篇關於城市貧困社區兒童氣喘流行病學的論文。
Teams trained in epidemiology were sent to the refugee camp after the outbreak of cholera.
霍亂疫情爆發後，受過流行病學訓練的小組被派往難民營。
- disease tracking
less formal, describes the same activity in everyday language
- public health science
broader in scope, includes prevention and health promotion beyond just disease spread
文法句型
the epidemiology of + [disease]
用法筆記
Uncountable noun. Often appears in the pattern 'the epidemiology of [a specific disease]' to describe the study focused on that condition. The related adjective is 'epidemiological' (e.g., 'epidemiological data').