Alcohol may be a medical disinfectant, but should not be relied upon to sterilize water.
酒精可能是医学上的消毒剂，但决不可用来消毒饮用水。
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 38 Water and the traveller

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

medical ['mɛdɪkl] 词频2 词根: med
adj. 医学的;医药的;医疗的;内科的; n. 体格检查;
💡 medic医师 + al ...的 → 医学的；内科的
"the medical certification of the cause of death"
为死因出具医学鉴定
近义：medicinal, curative
sterilize ['stɛrəlaɪz]
vt. 消毒;使无菌;使失去生育能力;使不起作用;
💡 steril无菌的+ize动词后缀，...化) →杀菌；使不育
"to sterilize surgical instruments"
给外科手术器械消毒
近义：asepticize, purify, sanitize, sterilise, decontaminate, disinfect 反义：infect, infest, plague, pollute, prostitute, taint
alcohol ['ælkəhɔl] 词频2
n. 乙醇，酒精;含酒精的饮料;
💡 俺可喝”（谐音）俺18岁可以喝 酒- 酒精 “爱渴喝”（谐音）爱渴的时候喝 酒精 al(all所有的)+co(口)+hol(喝):所有 酒精一口喝 网友：yqy
"He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol."
他现在正努力戒酒。
近义：liqueur, liquor, spirit, spirits, inebriant, intoxicative
disinfectant [disin'fekt(ə)nt]
n. 消毒剂，杀菌剂;
"a strong smell of disinfectant"
呛人的消毒剂气味
近义：antiseptic, sanitizer, germicide, sanitizing, cleansing
upon [ə'pɑn] 词频1
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
"It was a title bestowed upon him by the king."
那是国王赐给他的头衔。
近义：above, atop, on, onto, over, o'er

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it;
更为奇怪的是，她把肘部在儿童玩的“罗托”纸牌上移动一下，便能说出印在纸牌上的数字和颜色。
The geologist needs to know what rocks the drill has reached,
地质学家需要知道钻头已经到达什么样的岩层，
It did not;
其实没有。
Ever since, people have had difficulty in deciding whether the craft should be ranged among ships,
自那以后，人们很难决定是否应该将这种运载工具列为轮船、
they aroused great interest at the time, they had important theoretical consequences,
这些观察在当时引起了人们极大的兴趣，具有重要的理论意义，
can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please.
会导致作家的毁灭，因为他已经开始为取悦他人而写作了。