A digital revolution in health care is speeding up
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1. cardiac / ?kɑ?d??k/
adj. of or relating to the heart or heart disease 心臟的; 心臟病的:
cardiac muscles, disease, patients 心肌﹑ 心臟病﹑ 心臟病患者 *
cardiac arrest, ie temporary or permanent stopping of the heartbeat 心跳停止.
2. to the name of??? 名叫定嗓，名為
3.cardiopulmonary
of or relating to the heart and lungs
???? resuscitation (r??s?s?te?t-)
when someone or something is brought back to life or consciousness:
The patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died, despite an attempt at resuscitation.
CPR(cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) 心肺復(fù)蘇
4. grubby
dirty; unwashed 骯臟的; 不潔的:
grubby hands 臟手
5.Alexa is one manifestation of a drive to disrupt an industry that has so far largely failed to deliver on the potential of digital information.
deliver on
give what is expected or promised 不負(fù)所望; 履行諾言:
They promise to finish the job in June, but can they deliver (on that)? 他們答應(yīng)六月份完成這項(xiàng)工作, 但他們能說(shuō)到做到嗎?
6.But the momentum towards a digital future is gathering pace.
gather
increase (sth) 增加（某事物）:
The darkness is gathering. 夜色漸濃. *
in the gathering gloom of a winter's afternoon 在冬天的一個(gè)下午, 天色越來(lái)越暗 *
The car gathered speed. 汽車速度逐漸加快了.
7.expenditure
action of spending or using 花費(fèi); 使用:
the expenditure of money on weapons 購(gòu)置武器的開支 *
8. analytics:
the method of logical analysis
9.pharma'ceutical? ?fɑ?m??sju?t?kl
adj of or connected with the making and distribution of drugs and medicines 制藥的; 配藥的: the pharmaceutical industry 制藥工業(yè).
10.a host of hungry entrepreneurs
11. These firms may well profit most handsomely from the shift to digital.
handsome:
considerable 可觀的:
a handsome profit, price, fortune, etc 相當(dāng)大的利潤(rùn)﹑ 相當(dāng)高的價(jià)格﹑ 相當(dāng)好的運(yùn)氣.
12.reimbursement? [?riim?b?sm?nt]
n.償還(的款項(xiàng))
13.The startup is a good hedge for Sanofi, which faces a slowdown in sales of its blockbuster insulin medication, Lantus, which lost patent protection in 2015.
hedge:
~ (against sth) means of defence against possible loss 防止可能造成損失的手段:
buy gold as a hedge (ie to protect one's money) against inflation 為防通貨膨脹而購(gòu)買黃金.
blockbuster?
(informal) something very successful, especially a very successful book or film/movie:
the latest Hollywood blockbuster
insulin? n.胰島素
14.inpatient?
a person who stays in a hospital while receiving treatment
15.mammogram?
a photograph of the breasts made by X-rays also :
or the procedure for producing a mammogram
16.concussion?
injury to the brain caused by a blow, violent shaking, etc, resulting in temporary unconsciousness 腦震蕩
17.contraceptive?
n, a drug, device or practice used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant: oral contraceptives
a,? [only before noun]:
a contraceptive pill ◆
18.menopause? n,絕經(jīng)期
19.onerous?
a,needing effort; burdensome 艱巨的; 繁重的:
onerous duties 繁重的職務(wù) *
This is the most onerous task I have ever undertaken. 這是我承擔(dān)過(guò)的最艱巨的任務(wù).
20. VC 風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資（venture capital）
21. sedentary? ?sedntr??
(of people) spending a lot of time seated （指人）久坐的:
a sedentary worker 工作上需要久坐的人
22. cavalier?
[esp attrib 尤作定語(yǔ)] offhand; discourteous 隨便的; 不禮貌的
