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广西柳州市三年疫情仅确认24例，是全国少有的只在医院做核酸的城市。被网友们调侃是“病毒绕着走的城市”。今天我们一起学习热点词汇。

【初级水平】斟字酌句 weigh your words

#1大规模核酸

大规模（全员）核酸：mass nucleic acid testing

mass adj. /m?s/ [ only before noun] affecting or involving a large number of people or things 大批的；数量极多的；广泛的

实施，执行：conduct

轮：round

控制、遏制：curb

爆发：outbreak

造句1：某城市将在部分地区加大全员核酸检测力度，进一步遏制新冠肺炎疫情的爆发。

翻译1：（城市名字）will conduct more rounds of mass nucleic acid testing in some areas to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in the city.

造句2：柳州没有做过大规模全员核酸。

翻译2：The city of Liuzhou (Liuzhou City) hasn't conducted mass nucleic acid testing.

#2居民

居民 ：resident /?rez?d?nt/ n. a person who lives in a particular place or who has their home there 居民；住户

#Residents take Covid-19 tests at hospitals.

居民在医院做核酸检测。

#3调侃

调侃 ：dub /d?b/ v. to give sb/sth a particular name, often in a humorous or critical way 把…戏称为；给…起绰号

#One city in Iowa has been dubbed ‘Antique City’.

（美国）爱荷华州的一座城市被戏称为“古董城”。

#The city of Liuzhou has been dubbed a city by Chinese netizens.

柳州被我国网友们调侃为...的城市。

#4病毒绕着走的城市

#字面意思：病毒绕开这座城市到达了其他地方

detour /?di?t??(r)/ v. ~ (to...)( NAmE ) to take a longer route in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place; to make sb/sth take a longer route （使）绕道，绕行

spread /spred/ v. to cover, or to make sth cover, a larger and larger area（使）蔓延，扩散，散开

circulate/?s??kj?le?t/ v. when a liquid, gas, or air circulates or is circulated , it moves continuously around a place or system （液体或气体）环流，循环

病毒绕着走的城市：a city without virus spreading/circulating

#意译：柳州有很少的确诊病例

【参考】Many of the countries that have reported no cases are islands in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

病毒绕着走的城市：a city that has reported fewer Covid-19 cases.

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