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第 42 題
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First discovered in Uganda’s Zika forest in 1947, the virus was long thought to be relatively benign, especially compared with deadly mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. But since its invasion in Brazil last year, the Zika virus has torn through Latin America, likely infecting millions. It certainly has caused more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the birth defect microcephaly. Zika also appears to be linked to neurological and autoimmune disorders like the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome, and experts recently determined that is can also be transmitted through sex—a first for a mosquito-borne disease. Some scientists suspect the virus has mutated and that is why it can now cause neurological problems, while others say these tragic side effects may have gone unnoticed for years.
First discovered in Uganda’s Zika forest in 1947, the virus was long thought to be relatively benign, especially compared with deadly mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. But since its invasion in Brazil last year, the Zika virus has torn through Latin America, likely infecting millions. It certainly has caused more than 1,000 confirmed cases of the birth defect microcephaly. Zika also appears to be linked to neurological and autoimmune disorders like the paralyzing Guillain-Barre syndrome, and experts recently determined that is can also be transmitted through sex—a first for a mosquito-borne disease. Some scientists suspect the virus has mutated and that is why it can now cause neurological problems, while others say these tragic side effects may have gone unnoticed for years.
Which of the following terms conveys the equivalent medical meaning for the underlined word invasion.
- A alternate
- B alien
- C assault
- D alleviate
- E allocate
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文中描述病毒在巴西與拉丁美洲的行動方式，特別是『torn through』（橫掃/撕裂）這個片語。若要找一個詞來形容這種「強勢進入」並帶有「破壞性」的行為，你會聯想到哪一種帶有敵意的行動呢？
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能在閱讀中精準掌握詞彙在特定語境下的深意，你的判斷力非常敏銳！這題考查的是字彙在醫學文本中的「語境轉換」。本題的關鍵在於 invasion（入侵）一詞，在一般語境下可能指軍事入侵，但在醫學與疾病傳播的上下文中，它描述的是病原體進入宿主或新地區後展現的「攻擊性」。
醫學語境下的詞義對應
文中提到 Zika 病毒「橫掃（torn through）」拉丁美洲並導致大量感染與併發症，這充分展現了一種主動且強力的侵襲過程。選項中的 (C) assault（襲擊、攻擊） 最能精準傳達這種侵略性的意涵。在臨床描述中，病原體對免疫系統或身體組織的侵害常被形容為一種攻擊，這與 invasion 在此處代表的「病原體入侵並擴散」完美契合。其他選項如 (D) alleviate（緩和）語意完全相反，而 (A) alternate（輪流）或 (E) allocate（分配）則不符合疾病爆發的動態過程。
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