The price we pay for cheap food may be already too high: Mad Cow Disease (BSE) in cattle, salmonella in chicken and eggs, and wisteria in dairy products.
牛肉中的疯牛病，鸡肉和鸡蛋中的沙门氏菌，奶制品中的利斯特杆菌。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 47 Too high a price
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
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
n. 鸡;鸡肉;胆小鬼;懦夫;
adj. 胆怯的;幼小的;胆小的;
vi. 以畏缩的方式去做，失去勇气;在最后一刻因胆怯而退出了;
💡 chick小鸡+en表名词 →小鸡
"chicken breast in aspic"
鸡脯冻
近义：wimp, cower, flinch, funk, pullet, quitter
反义：haywire, heedless, imprudent, inadvertent, incautious, inflexible
n. 价格，价钱;代价;价值;赏金;
vt. 标价;定价;问…的价格;给…定价;
💡 平(p) 价大米(rice)不贵
"This pass enables me to travel half - price on trains."
我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车.
近义：appraise, appreciate, assess, quote, rate, value
adj. 便宜的，廉价的;劣质的，低劣的;小气的，可鄙的;
adv. 便宜地;卑鄙地;
💡 音“棋谱”，棋谱书很 便宜 车(che)上阿婆(ap)买的是 便宜的票 网友：好好学习 补充：车(che)虽然有一(a)点儿破（p），但是很便宜
"market stalls selling cheap bric-a-brac"
集市上出售廉价小摆设的货摊
近义：inexpensive, knockdown, downscale, downmarket, cheaply, punk
反义：pricey, costly, dear
n. 食物，食品;粮食;养料;资料;
"Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food."
从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素D的帮助。
近义：meal, mess, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, nutrition