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Emaciated

發佈時間: 2018/11/14

Emaciated

台北竟然有一個年輕媽媽忍心將親生兒子活活餓死。該名兩歲男童極度瘦削(emaciated),僅得六公斤,只有兩個月大嬰兒的體重。

形容詞emaciated解「異常消瘦的、虛弱的(abnormally thin or weak)」,特別是因為生病或極度飢餓。例句︰The boy was so emaciated that the police suspected he might have been suffered from malnutrition for a long time.(那個男孩非常瘦削,警方懷疑他長期營養不良。)Thousands of emaciated children are fighting for their lives in war-torn Yemen.(在飽受戰亂的也門,成千上萬的瘦弱孩子正在為生存而戰。)

要形容「非常瘦」,除了用emaciated一字,可以用skinny,指「瘦得皮包骨的」,帶貶義。例如,He looked awfully skinny and pale.(他看起來非常瘦弱蒼白。)Many supermodels are too skinny and look unhealthy.(許多超模太瘦,看起來不健康。)

也可以用undernourished(營養不足的),來表達「過於瘦削」。例句︰Millions of people in the world are undernourished. We must reduce food waste.(世界上有數百萬人營養不良,我們必須減少浪費食物。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

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