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早餐时候,看新闻,学到一个词,contract。
我们做贸易的,当然认得contract。但是这个新闻里,“得”新冠用"contract",是第一次见。
问十年级的女儿,她也不知道这个用法,我就查手头的词典了。
Oxford Canadian Dictionary Current English (2005版)P169,V. 3.解释 - catch or develop ( a disease)。
新英汉词典 (上译社1985年2月版) P250,VT4, 得(病),养成(习惯),负(债),~pneumonia。
Cambridge dictionary 在线解释: - contract verb (BECOME ILL),
[ T ] formal,- to catch or become ill with a disease 患上,感染(疾病)
He contracted malaria while he was travelling.他旅行时染上了瘧疾。
merriam-webster 在线词典:- to become affected with,contract pneumonia
例句: Black patients tend to contract kidney disease at younger ages, and damage to their organs often progresses faster.— New York Times, 17 May 2022
这样,就很清楚了,contract在生病时候的用法。当然,简单的说法,“他得了新冠”,可以这样表述:
He tested positive for COVID 19.
He is a COVID 19 carrier.