As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease.
由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有点奇怪的斑点，所以，医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 77 A successful operation
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 令人难于忍受的;难堪的;令人厌烦的;
v. 试图( try的现在分词);试验，尝试;审讯;
💡 try(考验)+ing(形容词后缀)→难堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
试图重返歌坛的已经上了年纪的流行音乐歌星
近义：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
adj. 罕见的，特殊的;优秀的，不寻常的;稀薄的，经过稀化的;
💡 rar-, rare- 表”少,薄;不普通的,不常见的”
"He buys rare baseball cards on eBay."
他从易趣网上购买珍稀的棒球卡。
近义：infrequent, peculiar, scant, unaccustomed, uncharacteristic, uncommon
反义：regular, repeating, rife, common, frequent
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 传染;使…有病;
💡 dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
近义：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 陌生的，生疏的;奇怪的，古怪的;疏远的;外国的;
adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
💡 事真奇”（谐音）即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一连串奇怪的事
近义：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉;
n. 发现物;被发现的人;
💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我们到处寻找,但仍没能找到.
近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass