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.
雙語例句
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癥。
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3. All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection.
目前所有血液制品均經過熱處理，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，并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.