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To vaccinate someone is to give them a vaccine so their body learns to fight a disease before they ever meet it. Doctors and nurses vaccinate people; farmers and vets vaccinate animals.
To vaccinate someone Vaccinate 一個人 is to give them a vaccine就是給他打疫苗 so their body learns to fight a disease before they ever meet it讓他的身體在真正遇到那種疾病之前就先學會對抗它。Doctors and nurses vaccinate people醫生和護士幫人接種; farmers and vets vaccinate animals農夫和獸醫幫動物接種。
The grammar is worth learning as a set. You vaccinate someone against a disease — "vaccinate children against ". Very often it is passive, because the person receiving it is the one being talked about: "I was vaccinated as a baby", "have you been vaccinated?" The noun is vaccination, and the adjective people now use is vaccinated: "fully vaccinated". Speakers of everyday English often say get a shot (American) or get a jab (British) instead — those are the words in the kitchen; vaccinate is the word in the clinic and the newspaper.
The grammar is worth learning as a set這裡的文法值得整套學起來。You vaccinate someone against a disease你是 vaccinate 某人 against 某種疾病 — "vaccinate children against measles"「幫小孩接種疫苗以預防麻疹」。Very often it is passive它很常用被動式, because the person receiving it is the one being talked about因為被談論的通常是接受接種的人:"I was vaccinated as a baby"「我小時候有打疫苗」, "have you been vaccinated?"「你打疫苗了嗎?」The noun is vaccination名詞是 vaccination, and the adjective people now use is vaccinated而人們現在常用的形容詞是 vaccinated:"fully vaccinated"「完整接種」。Speakers of everyday English often say get a shot (American) or get a jab (British) instead日常口語裡人們常說 get a shot(美式)或 get a jab(英式)來代替 — those are the words in the kitchen這些是廚房餐桌上會講的字; vaccinate is the word in the clinic and the newspaper而 vaccinate 是診所和報紙上用的字。
Two neighbours to sort out. means almost the same thing and is used in much the same way, and is an older, more formal word for it. Vaccinate is the most common of the three.
Two neighbours to sort out有兩個相近的字要分清楚。Immunise means almost the same thing Immunise 意思幾乎一樣 and is used in much the same way用法也很相似, and inoculate is an older, more formal word for it而 inoculate 則是比較老、比較正式的說法。Vaccinate is the most common of the three這三個裡面 vaccinate 最常用。
Also, vaccinate is not the same as cure. It does nothing for someone who already has the disease; it is protection given in advance, which is why it is done to healthy people.
Also另外, vaccinate is not the same as cure vaccinate 跟 cure「治療」不一樣。It does nothing for someone who already has the disease它對已經得病的人一點用都沒有; it is protection given in advance它是事先給的保護, which is why it is done to healthy people所以才會是打在健康的人身上。
組成vaccine + -ate, an ending that turns a thing into the action of using it. Vaccine itself comes from Latin vacca, a cow — the first vaccination used cowpox, a mild cow disease, to protect people from smallpox.
同家族的字
- vaccinevaccinate is built directly on it
- vaccinationthe noun for the act of vaccinating
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
vaccinateverb/ˈvæksɪneɪt/
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To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
- You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!
- The county Health Department will provide free tetanus shots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Turtle Creek for flood victims and cleanup workers who haven't been vaccinated against the disease in the past 10 years.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。