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Hairy crab horror

 

香港有大閘蟹驗出含高濃度致癌物二噁英，大眾是否要跟時令美食揮淚講再見？

 

dioxin 二噁英
(noun 名詞)

例子：Dioxins are a group of chemicals commonly formed as by-products of industrial combustion and chemical processes. 二噁英是工業燃燒和化學工序中常見的副產品。

例子：Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety said it found excessive dioxin levels in two of five hairy crab samples from two mainland farms it tested.  香港食物安全中心指出，五個大閘蟹樣本中，兩個來自內地養殖場的樣本含有過高二噁英指數。

 

impose sth on sbd
(verb 動詞)

1. 強制實行

例子：to impose sth. on sb. 把某事強加於某人。

2. 將…強加於人

例子：He always imposes his opinions on others. 他常常勉強別人接受自己的想法。

3. 利用

例子：He always imposes on friends’ kindness. 他常常利用朋友的仁慈。

 

contamination 污染
(noun 名詞)

例子：The contamination of Chinese with English 漢語中夾雜英文。

► contaminate 污染 (verb 動詞)

例子：Factory contaminates a lake with sewage. 工廠用污水把湖污染了。

► contaminant 污染物 (noun 名詞)

例子：High levels of radioactive contaminants have been found in coal ash. 煤的灰燼中發了高濃度的放射性污染物。

► carcinogen 致癌物 (noun 名詞)

例子：The coal ash deposits have heavy carcinogen. 煤灰的沉積有強烈的致癌物。

►carcinogenic 致癌的 (adjective 形容詞)

例子：Formic acid is extremely carcinogenic. 甲酸是非常致癌的。

例子：Dioxin is carcinogenic. 二噁英是致癌的。

 

 

quarantine 檢疫隔離 
(noun 名詞)

例子：to put or place a person/an animal in quarantine. 將某人／某動物隔離

例子：He was sent home and put in quarantine.他被送到家中隔離。

例子：Those dogs have to be quarantined for six months. 那些狗需要被隔離六個月。

例子：quarantine period/laws/kennel/hospital   隔離期／隔離法／隔離養狗場／隔離醫院

 

suspend
(verb 動詞)

 

1. 懸掛

例子：Her body was found suspended by a rope. 她的屍體被一根繩子懸掛起。

2. 暫停；推遲；推遲決定

例子：The judge suspends the judgment. 法官延期宣判。

3. 使…暫時停職；暫時將…除名；使…暫時停賽；使…暫時停學

例子：to be suspended from duty/a game/school   被暫時停職／停賽／停學

 

clearance
(noun 名詞)

1. 清除；疏通；清理；清空；清場

例子：a stock clearance 清倉大賣

2. 處理；批准

例子：to have clearance to do sth 獲准做某事

3. 審批

例子：He sends the research proposal to the committee for clearance. 他把調查報告呈交委員會審批。

4. 間隙

例子：The bridge has a 5-metre clearance. 橋下有五米間隙。

 

 

cry foul (+ over) 喊冤
(verb 動詞)

例子：When his parents gave his brother a new phone, he cried foul. 他的父母給弟弟一部新的手提電話，他大喊不滿。

例子：Australia has cried foul over the decision to increase export subsidies.

澳洲對增加出口補貼的決定大表不滿。

 

Kevin’s classroom

foul 

1. 污穢的；污濁的；難聞的；發臭的 (adjective 形容詞)

例子：He said the meal was absolutely foul. 他說這一餐難吃極了。

例子：He is in a foul temper/mood. 他的心情糟透。

例子：It was a foul day. 這是風雨交加的一天。

例子：He has a foul mouth / tongue. 他有一個下流的舌頭。

 

2. 犯規地 (adverb 副詞)

例子：If you play foul , I ' ll never forgive you ! 如果你使壞，我決不原諒你！

例子：to fall or run foul of sth . /sb . 與某事／某人發生衝突

例子：to fall foul of the law. 觸犯法律

 

3. 犯規 (noun 名詞)

例子：He was sent off for a foul. 他因犯規被罰下場。

 

4. 污染；弄髒 (verb 動詞)

例子：Those dogs always foul the pavement. 那些狗經常弄髒人行道。

 

• foul-mouthed 說話下流的 (adjective 形容詞)

例子：He apologizes for his foul-mouthed presentation. 他為自己下流的言辭道歉。

• foul play 暴行；犯規動作 (noun 名詞)

例子：Each student got an A on the test, and the teacher imagined it was the result of foul play. 每個學生都取得A等成績，老師認為這是不正當行為的結果。

• foul-up

混亂(noun 名詞) /把…搞糟(verb 動詞)

例子：This investigation has been mismanaged right from the start - I've never seen such a foul-up. 這個調查一開始便處理不當，我從來沒有看見過這樣的混亂。

例子：You've completely fouled things up! 你把事情徹底搞砸了！

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