parasite

英 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

n.  寄生生物; 寄生虫; 寄生植物; 依赖他人过活者

复数：parasites　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.7277 / COCA.8481

牛津词典

noun

• 寄生生物；寄生虫；寄生植物
  a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it
• 寄生虫；依赖他人过活者
  a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back

柯林斯词典

• 寄生虫；寄生物
  Aparasiteis a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it.
• 不劳而获者；寄生虫
  If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them aparasite.

英英释义

noun

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
  Synonym:leechspongesponger

双语例句

• The scientists in the United States centered their work on the parasite that causes Texas cattle fever.
  美国科学家将工作重点放到了引起德克萨斯州牛发烧的寄生虫上。
• Take your pet to the veterinarian for any needed shots and a parasite check.
  带你的宠物到兽医任何需要拍摄和寄生虫检查。
• Our research uncovered a critical pathway the parasite uses to survive the journey from one host cell to another.
  我们的研究揭示了一个重要的途径，寄生虫用一个幸存旅行从一个宿主细胞到另一个宿主细胞。
• She was essentially feminine, in other words, a parasite and a chalice.
  她在本质上是个女人，换句话说，是一个食客和一只酒杯。
• After feeding, they pass a parasite called trypanosoma cruzi in their faeces.
  吸血后，它们将一种叫作克氏锥虫的寄生虫排到其粪便中。
• Epidemics are a kind of disease which are caused by the parasite, and can spread among a population.
  流行病是由寄生物所引起的，能在人群中相互传播的疾病。
• The insect can carry a parasite that infects the central nervous system.
  其携带的寄生虫能感染中枢神经系统。
• Plasmodium vivax, the worlds most common malaria parasite, now infects people previously considered to be resistant.
  间日疟原虫是世上最常见的疟疾寄生虫，现在，这种寄生虫也会感染那些之前被认为抗疟疾病的人。
• Parasite resistance to anti-malarial medicines and mosquito resistance to insecticides are major threats to achieving global malaria control.
  寄生虫对抗疟疾药品的耐药性和蚊虫对杀虫剂的抗药性是实现全球疟疾控制所面临的主要威胁。
• The kind of people live as a parasite on society.
  这类人像寄生虫似的靠社会为生。