【condition音标】 英[kənˈdɪʃn] 美[kənˈdɪʃn]
【单词释义】 condition是什么意思:
n.状态;环境;健康状况;条件,条款
vt.训练;制约;使习惯;使适应;限制
vt.&vi.对…具有重要影响;影响(某事发生的方式);保持(头发或皮肤等的)健康;养护
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] conditions [第三人称单数] conditions
[单词现在分词] conditioning
[单词过去式] conditioned
[单词过去分词] conditioned
【关联词/派生词】
conditional adj.有条件的,有前提的;(从句)条件的 n.条件从句;条件式
conditioning n.条件作用,训练,健身训练 v.以…为条件(condition的现在分词)
conditioner n. 护发素;(衣物)柔顺剂;调节剂,调节器
【condition形近词/近似词】
sedition n.[U]煽动行为或言论,煽动叛乱
edition n.版次,版本
expedition n.考察,远航;远征;探险;(短途的)旅行;迅速(办理)
addition n.增加,附加
erudition n. [U]博学;学识
tradition n.传统;惯例
rendition n.表演,演奏;翻译;引渡逃奴
audition n.面试,试演;试唱;试音 v.试镜,试演;试唱;试音
【常用短语】
in good condition 情况良好
on condition that 条件是;在…条件下
【近义词解析】
◇ 情况
case (n. 状况,情形):尤指对某个人或群体造成影响的情形,通常用单数。
condition (n. 情况,状况):指人的健康状况或事物所处的状态,其复数形式可指影响某事发生的一切因素。尤指由于一定的原因或条件或环境所产生的特点情况。
circumstance (n. 情况,情形):指影响某一局面、行动、事件等的条件和事实,通常用复数。
situation (n.情况;状况):人或物存在或所处的状态,较狭义地指由环境综合决定的特定时间上的状态或情形。
【单词例句】
◇ While age-related height loss is normal, there are times when it's a sign of an underlying health condition.
尽管人老了变矮是正常现象,但是有时候也预示着潜在的健康问题。
---- Why do you shrink when you get older
◇ Ear, nose and throat specialists at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust released details of the man's condition in BMJ Case Reports and warned that trying to contain a forceful sneeze could lead to 'numerous complications' and even a lethal brain aneurysm.
莱斯特大学信托保健附属医院的耳鼻喉专家在英国医学期刊病例报告中发布了该男子的病情细节,并警告说,试图把强烈的喷嚏憋回去可能会导致“多种并发症”甚至致命的脑动脉瘤。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ Doctors often refer to this eye-watering condition as “crocodile tears,” and a 1920s Russian scientist once suggested that such weakened facial muscles allowed "older, possibly crocodilian neurological pathways to emerge" in humans.
医生们通常把这种流泪症状称为“鳄鱼的眼泪”。20世纪20年代的一位俄罗斯科学家曾指出,这种面部肌肉衰弱可能导致人体起用“更古老的或许是鳄鱼式的神经通路”。
(由此看来,鳄鱼流泪只是进食时身体产生的一种自然生理现象,和同情悔过毫无关系,难怪人们会将虚伪的哭泣比作鳄鱼的眼泪了。)
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ KPMG and Deloitte offer four-day work weeks to some employees (with certain conditions attached), while Google allows some employees full control over 20% of their working week, hoping that the creative freedom will lead to new ideas and innovations.
毕马威和德勤的某些员工可以每周工作四天(但是有一定的附加条件)。谷歌则允许一些员工随心支配工作周中超过20%的时间,希望这种创作自由可以引发新想法和创意。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Acne is one of the most common inflammatory skin conditions in adolescents. More than 80 percent of teenagers battle with pimples. It can also occur later in life for a number of reasons, including an imbalance of hormones called androgens.
痘痘是青少年最常见的一种皮肤炎症。超过80%的青少年都被痘痘困扰。人在成年后也会长痘痘,原因是多方面的,包括体内雄激素分泌失调。
---- Should we be popping pimples?
◇ Certified strength and conditioning specialist Kyle Firmstone has seen many problematic treadmill activities. Firmstone said you shouldn't walk too close to the console, jump off and on while the machine is still in motion, or set the treadmill to a speed faster than you can handle.
力量和调节认证专家凯尔·费尔姆斯通见过很多使用跑步机的错误做法。费尔姆斯通指出,不能走得离控制台太近,也不能在跑带仍在移动的时候跳上跳下,或是给跑步机设定的速度超出自己的能力范围。
---- How to use treadmills safely
◇ The results revealed that a hot drink can cool you down, but only in dry conditions.
研究结果揭示,热饮可以让你感觉凉快,但只有在干燥的环境中才如此。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ After a hearing test showed she had moderate deafness, she was referred to an ear, nose and throat specialist. The specialist ordered a CT scan, which showed a horrifying condition: Jasmine had a bacterial infection that was "eating away" at her skull bone behind her ear.
由于听力测试显示她有中度耳聋,茉莉被转给一位耳鼻喉专家,这位专家给她做了CT扫描,结果很糟糕:她受到细菌感染,并且感染正在“侵蚀”她耳后的颅骨。
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ So what drives you crazy more than anything else is filthy, unsanitary, or disorganized conditions, as well as people who exhibit those qualities.
最让你难以忍受的事莫过于脏乱不堪、杂乱无章了。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ Cheered up by this news, biologists, in their turn, began to do some research to remove people’s puzzles—Now that there are some suitable conditions, does life really exist on this globe? Do they multiply by laying eggs or giving birth to babies?
受到这一消息的鼓舞,生物学家们接着开始了研究以解开人们的迷惑——既然有了适合的条件,生命真的存在于这个星球吗?他们是通过下蛋,还是产仔来繁殖后代的呢?
---- Explore MKII