【词汇】雅思阅读常用词（017）-GREYINGPOPULATIONSTAYSINTHEPINK.pdfVIP

【词汇】雅思阅读常⽤词（017）-GREYINGPOPULATIONSTAYSINTHEPINK Cambridge 0 Test 2 - Passage2: GREYING POPULATION STAYS IN THE PINK Elderly people are growing healthier, happier and more independent, say American scientists. The results of a 14-year study to be announced later this month revealthat the diseases associatedwith old age are afflictingfewer and fewer people and when they do strike, it is much later in life. reveal 英[rɪˈvi:l] 美[rɪˈvil] vt. 揭露; 泄露; 显露; [神] 启⽰; n. 揭⽰，展现; [建] 门侧，窗侧 associate 英[əˈsəʊʃieɪt] 美[əˈsoʊʃieɪt] vt. 联 ; （使）发⽣联系; （使）联合; 结交; vi. 联盟; 陪伴同事; n. 合伙⼈; 伴侣，同志; ⾮正式会员 afflict 英[əˈflɪkt] 美[əˈflɪkt] vt. 折磨; 使受痛苦; 使苦恼 strike 英[straɪk] 美[straɪk] vt. 攻击; 罢（⼯、课等）; 撞; 来到; vi. 罢⼯; 打击; 朝某⼀⽅向前进; n. 攻击; 罢⼯[课，市]; 发现 In the last 14 years, the National Long-term Health Care Surveyhas gathered data on the health and lifestyles of more than 20,000 men and women over 65. Researchers, now analysingthe results of data gathered in 1994, say arthritis, high blood pressure and circulationproblems - the major medical complaintsin this age group - are troubling a smaller proportionevery year. And the data confirms that the rate at which these diseases are decliningcontinues to accelerate. Other diseases of old age - dementia, stroke, arteriosclerosisand emphysema- are also troubling fewer and fewer people. survey 英[ˈsɜ:veɪ] 美[ˈsɜ:rveɪ] vi. 测量⼟地; vt. 调查; 勘测; 俯瞰; n. 调查（表），调查所，测量 researcher 英[rɪsɜ:tʃə(r)] 美[rɪˈsətʃɚ] n. 研究员，调查者 analyse 英[ˈænəlaɪz] 美[ˈænəˌlaɪz] vt. 分析; 分解; 细察 arthritis 英[ɑ:ˈθraɪtɪs] 美[ɑ:rˈθraɪtɪs] n. 关节炎 circulation 英[ˌsɜ:kjəˈleɪʃn] 美[ˌsɜ:rkjəˈleɪʃn] n. ⾎液循环; 流通，传播; 发⾏量; （某段时间的）社交活动 complaint 英[kəmˈpleɪnt] 美[kəmˈplent] n. 抱怨，控诉; 委屈，怨⾔; 平平的来由; 痛苦根源 proportion 英[prəˈpɔ:ʃn] 美[prəˈpɔ:rʃn] n. ⽐，⽐率; [数学]⽐例（法）; ⾯积; 相称，平衡; vt. 使成⽐例; 使相称; 使均衡 decline 英[dɪˈklaɪn] 美[dɪˈklaɪn] n. 下降; （⼒量、健康、品格、权⼒、价值等的）衰退; 下倾; （⼈、⽣命等的）衰退期; vt. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）; vi. （道路、物体等）下倾; （太阳）落下 accelerate 英[ək