Day 12

When someone goes into cardiac arrest

1. cardiac

ADJ 心脏的 Cardiac means relating to the heart.


The king was suffering from cardiac weakness.


..., which can recite life-saving instructions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

2. recite

VERB 朗诵;背诵;朗读 When someone recites a poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learned it.


They recited poetry to one another.                                                            

VERB (大声)说出,细数,列举 If you recite something such as a list, you say it aloud.


All he could do was recite a list of Government failings

3. cardiopulmonart

Adj.

of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions;

    "cardiopulmonary resuscitation"

    4.  resuscitation


    VERB 使复活;使苏醒;救活 If you resuscitate someone who has stopped breathing, you cause them to start breathing again.

    A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her.


    VERB 使复苏;使重新兴盛 If you resuscitate something, you cause it to become active or successful again.

    He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.


    Alexa is one

    manifestation

    of a drive to disrupt an industry that has so far largely failed to deliver on the potential of digital information.

    5. manifestation

    N-COUNT 表现;显示;表示 A manifestation of something is one of the different ways in which it can appear.

    Different animals in the colony had different manifestations of the disease.


    ..., and has a history of failing to implement ambitious IT projects.

    6. implement


    VERB 履行;实施 If you implement something such as a plan, you ensure that what has been planned is done.

    The government promised to implement a new system to control financial loan institutions.


    N-COUNT 工具;器具;用具 An implement is a tool or other piece of equipment.

    ...knives and other useful implements.


    But the

    momentum

    towards a digital future is gathering pace.

    7. momentum


    N-UNCOUNT 势头;冲劲;动力 If a process or movement gains momentum, it keeps developing or happening more quickly and keeps becoming less likely to stop.

    This campaign is really gaining momentum.

    N-UNCOUNT (物理学中的)动量,冲量 In physics, momentum is the mass of a moving object multiplied by its speed in a particular direction.


    Investment into digital health care has

    soared.

    8. soar



    VERB (数量、价值、水平、规模等)急升,猛涨 If the amount, value, level, or volume of something soars, it quickly increases by a great deal.

    Insurance claims are expected to soar.


    VERB (鸟等)高飞,翱翔,升腾 If something such as a bird soars into the air, it goes quickly up into the air.

    If you're lucky, a splendid golden eagle may soar into view


    VERB (树木、建筑等)高耸,屹立 Trees or buildings that soar upwards are very tall.

    The steeple soars skyward.


    Eliminating

    a graction of this sum is a huge opporunity.

    9. eliminate


    VERB 消除,剔除,根除(尤指不需要之物) To eliminate something, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely.

    The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment

    V-PASSIVE (在竞赛中)淘汰 When a person or team is eliminated from a competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition.

    I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals...

    VERB (音乐)音量猛地增大,音调陡然升高 If music soars, it rises greatly in volume or pitch.

    The music soared to the rafters, carrying its listeners' hearts


    VERB (情绪)高昂,高涨 If your spirits soar, you suddenly start to feel very happy.

    For the first time in months, my spirits soared


    VERB 消灭;干掉 If someone says that they have eliminated an enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word 'eliminate', they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word 'kill'.

    He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents.


    Consumers seem readier to accept digital products than just a few years ago.

    10 readier


    ADJ (人)准备就绪的;(物品)准备好的 If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used.

    It took her a long time to get ready for church.


    ... and wearable sensors to measure things like blood pressure.


    11. wearable


    ADJ-GRADED 可穿戴的;适于穿着的 Wearable clothes are practical, comfortable, and suitable for ordinary people to wear, rather than being very unusual or extreme.

    It's fashionable but wearable, and it's easy to look after.


    These buyers are increasingly demanding "value-based" reimburement...

    12. remibursement


    N-VAR 赔付;偿付;赔偿 If you receive reimbursement for money that you have spent, you get your money back, for example because the money should have been paid by someone else.

    She is demanding reimbursement for medical and other expenses...


    One group comprises" traditional innovators"-pharmaceutical firms...

    13. parmaceutical

    ADJ 制药的 Pharmaceutical means connected with the industrial production of medicine.

    ...a Swiss pharmaceutical company


    The third group are the technology"insurgents"...

    14. insurgent


    N-COUNT 起义者;暴动者;叛乱者 Insurgents are people who are fighting against the government or army of their own country.

    By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country's main military air base.


    Diabetes is an obvious problem for the pharma business in this regard.                                                           

    15. diabetes

    N-UNCOUNT 糖尿病 Diabetes is a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood.


    ..., which faces a slowdown in sales of its blockbuster insulin medication,...

    16. insulin

    N-UNCOUNT 胰岛素 Insulin is a substance that most people produce naturally in their body and which controls the level of sugar in their blood.

    In diabetes the body produces insufficient insulin.


    ..., demand for mammograms and the machines that take them would fall...                                                           

    17. mammogram

    N-COUNT (用于筛查乳腺癌的)乳房X光造影检查 A mammogram is a test used to check whether women have breast cancer, using x-rays.


    An intriguing recent project has been to stream and analyse live health data and deliver alerts on an app...

    18. intriguing


    ADJ-GRADED 有趣的;引人入胜的;奇怪的 If you describe something as intriguing, you mean that it is interesting or strange.

    This intriguing book is both thoughtful and informative.

    intrigue


    N-VAR 阴谋;诡计 Intrigue is the making of secret plans to harm or deceive people.

    ...political intrigue.


    VERB (尤指奇怪的事物)迷住,激起…的好奇心 If something, especially something strange, intrigues you, it interests you and you want to know more about it.

    The novelty of the situation intrigued him.

    19. stream

    N-COUNT (烟、气、液体的)流,股 A stream of smoke, air, or liquid is a narrow moving mass of it.

    He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke.

    N-COUNT (车)流;(人)流 A stream of vehicles or people is a long moving line of them.

    There was a stream of traffic behind him.


    VERB 流;流动;流出 If a liquid streams somewhere, it flows or comes out in large amounts.

    Tears streamed down their faces.


    ..., detect concussion,...

    20. concussion


    N-VAR 脑震荡 If you suffer concussion after a blow to your head, you lose consciousness or feel sick or confused.

    Nicky was rushed to hospital with concussion.

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