quarantine

/ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/· noun

医疗B2

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Chinese meaning

隔离;检疫

为wèi防fáng传chuán染rǎn病bìng扩kuò散sàn而ér强qiáng制zhì隔gé离lí

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专zhuān门mén收shōu治zhì埃āi博bó拉lā病bìng患huàn的de隔gé离lí设shè施shī

Example

Kenya's health minister has told a court he has ordered a halt to preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility

肯尼亚卫生部长已告知法院,他已下令停止筹建一处由美方运营的埃博拉隔离设施的相关准备工作。

Source: The Guardian

Background ✎

肯kěn尼ní亚yà卫wèi生shēng部bù长zhǎng被bèi法fǎ院yuàn以yǐ藐miǎo视shì罪zuì追zhuī责zé后hòu,下xià令lìng叫jiào停tíng美měi方fāng主zhǔ导dǎo的de埃āi博bó拉lā隔gé离lí设shè施shī建jiàn设shè。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁 quadrāgintā「四十」,指威尼斯防疫的四十天制度

  • quaranta(四十)+-ina(名词后缀)→quarantina→quarantine;原指威尼斯40天检疫期

Collocations

  • quarantine facility / under quarantine / mandatory quarantine

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