malaria

英 [m?'le?r??] 美[m?'l?r??]

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形容詞:?malarial;

malaria 瘧疾，瘴氣

來自意大利語mala aria,壞空氣，來自mala,壞的，邪惡的，aria,空氣，詞源同air.因古代觀念認為瘧疾，瘴氣等疾病是由惡臭的空氣引起的。

malaria: malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘attack of malarial fever’ was ague. The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria, a conflation of mala aria, literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swamps.
=> air, malign
malaria (n.): 1740, from Italian mal'aria, from mala aria, literally "bad air," from mala "bad" (fem. of malo, from Latin malus; see mal-) + aria "air" (see air (n.1)). Probably first used by Italian physician Francisco Torti (1658-1741). The disease, now known to be mosquito-borne, once was thought to be caused by foul air in marshy districts. Replaced native ague.

1. At present, no widely approved vaccine exists for malaria.: 目前，還沒有被廣泛認可的瘧疾疫苗。

3. Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.: 盼望有一天有人會研制出一種能有效預防瘧疾的疫苗。

4. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.: 他們已經在努力消滅瘧疾、破傷風等疾病。