“近視”種種 [ 2007-04-27 08:24 ]
其實(shí),若讓說(shuō)“近視”的英文表達(dá),似乎難不倒大家——“near-sightedness!” 不過(guò),前陣子在醫(yī)院里,我被一位醫(yī)生給問(wèn)住了,她問(wèn) ——
什么是“myopia”。
看下面這段外電報(bào)道,但愿您別像我一樣,只知道“near-sightedness”,而不知何謂“myopia”。
Chinese children have grown taller and heavier in recent years but their
health is getting worse.
Obese schoolchildren are increasing in numbers swiftly, and the percentage
of myopia remains high … China now
has the world's second highest myopia rate among schoolchildren, blamed in part
on too much study, and obesity among the young has become a major health
concern.
報(bào)道說(shuō),中國(guó)青少年的體質(zhì)明顯下滑,孩子們的身材在“豆芽型”和“土豆型”兩個(gè)極端區(qū)域徘徊。此外,中小學(xué)生的近視問(wèn)題頗讓人憂慮,近視率居高不下。
顯然,報(bào)道中的“myopia”指的就是“近視”,是醫(yī)學(xué)用語(yǔ)。俗語(yǔ)中,我們常用“nearsightedness”或“short sight”表達(dá)“近視”。
此外,“myopia”也可引申指“目光短淺”,如:political myopia(政治上的短視)、spiritual
myopia(精神上缺乏遠(yuǎn)見)。
當(dāng)然,myopia相應(yīng)的形容詞形式“myopic”也可表示“近視的”和“目光短淺的”兩層含義。這時(shí),“nearsighted”和“shortsighted”是“myopic”的近義詞。
(英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津陳蓓編輯)
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