1、waistlines

waistlines發(fā)音

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waistlines中文意思翻譯

常見釋義：

n.腰圍；腰身部分

waistlines雙語使用場景

1、But what about those growing waistlines?───但是那些人腰圍越來越粗怎么辦？

2、But since our furry friends don't walk and feed themselves, it's up to pet owners to watch their pets' waistlines.───但自從我們那毛茸茸的朋友不再自己散步覓食，寵物主人就得控制其體重了。

3、To combat rising health-care costs, Japan's government is cracking down on waistlines during employees' annual health check.───這里是一年一度的雇員健康檢查。為了應對愈來愈高的健康醫(yī)療費用日本政府正對超標腰圍進行大掃蕩。

4、While they are jogging along worrying about their waistlines , people in other parts of the world do not even have the energy to walk.───當他們在擔心自己體重而跑步的時候，世界上的另一段卻有很多人無力走動。

5、Clearly doesn't effect their waistlines either!───很明顯沒有影響他們的腰身。

6、But convenience eating comes at a price: McDonald's must be held at least partly responsible for the supersizing of American waistlines.───麥當勞食品必須為美國人腰圍的超級肥大負責，至少要負部分責任。

7、On average, those who were larger around the middle were more likely to have migraines than those of the same age with smaller waistlines.───平均來說，那些腰圍較大的人比同齡的腰圍較小的人相比更可能患上偏頭痛。

8、Perhaps pressuring businesses to measure the waistlines of every Japanese employee isn't such a smart move after all.───也許，給企業(yè)施壓，拿每個雇員的腰圍做檢測并不是什么明智的舉措吧。

9、Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.───盡管如此，人們對腰圍的重新關注意味著，行業(yè)集團面臨著壓力，需要證明其產品不但美味，而且健康。

waistlines相似詞語短語

1、ballooning waistlines───膨脹的腰圍

2、為什么（一些）人天生就有啤酒肚

健康

為什么（一些）人天生就有啤酒肚？

2019-01-16

今日導讀

人們長期以來將“啤酒肚”和“不健康”聯(lián)系在一起，覺得腹部的脂肪囤積一定是營養(yǎng)過剩和缺乏鍛煉的結果，殊不知有些人從小就長著渾圓的啤酒肚。不管后天如何控制飲食，這些人追求健康的成本總比另一部分人要大。是什么造成了天生的啤酒肚？天生的啤酒肚對這些人的健康又會產生什么樣的影響？讓我們一起走進這篇《彭博社》的節(jié)選新聞。

帶著問題聽講解

Q1: 文中提到了哪兩種脂肪？英文表達分別是什么？

Q2: “picture”在文中是什么含義？

Q3: “冠心病”如何用英語表達？

新聞正文

Why (some) humans are born to have a beer belly

為什么（一些）人天生就有啤酒肚

Scientific literature on excess weight and health is expanding along with global waistlines, and yet, it's hard to find a solid, coherent scientific explanation for why some people get fat and others don't, and why some overweight people get Type 2 diabetes and heart disease and others don't.

全球范圍內人們的腰圍正在增加的同時，關于超重和健康的科學文獻也在變多。然而，很難找到一個可靠且合乎邏輯的科學解釋，說明為什么一些人會變胖而一些人不會，為什么一些超重的人得了 2 型糖尿病和心腦血管疾病，而另一些人沒有。

Last week, an evolutionary biologist published a sweeping picture of human fat and health in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

上周，一位進化生物學家在《美國國家科學院院刊》上發(fā)表了一篇關于人類脂肪和健康的全面描述。

The biologist, Mary Jane West-Eberhard of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Costa Rica, has focused her work on understanding biological variation.

這位名叫 Mary Jane West-Eberhard 的生物學家在哥斯達黎加史密森熱帶研究所工作，她致力于研究理解生物變異。

Sometimes individuals with the same genes can show dramatic differences. She proposes that the same biological principle can explain why humans come in quite different shapes. Some people put on so-called visceral fat, surrounding vital organs, while others put on so-called subcutaneous fat on the limbs, hips and elsewhere. This makes a big difference in health because recent studies show it's the visceral fat that's associated with Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

有時，具有相同基因的個體可能表現(xiàn)出顯著的差異。她提出，同樣的生物原理可以解釋為何人類的體型如此不同。一些人長著所謂的內臟脂肪，這些脂肪包圍著重要的器官。另一些人則在四肢、臀部和其它地方長出所謂的皮下脂肪。這對健康產生了很大的影響，因為最新的研究表明，內臟脂肪才是 2 型糖尿病和心臟病的罪魁禍首。

She looked into visceral fat—also known as the omentum, a part of the immune system. It wraps around the vital organs and protects them from infection. But what's protective early in life can have a downside later. Our natural immune response often involves inflammation, and that has been associated with Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.

Mary Jane West-Eberhard 研究了也被稱為網膜的內臟脂肪，它是免疫系統(tǒng)的一部分。內臟脂肪包裹著重要的器官，讓它們免受感染。但是早年具有保護功能的脂肪隨后可能會產生不利影響。我們天生的免疫系統(tǒng)（隨后對內臟脂肪）的反應包括炎癥，而炎癥跟 2 型糖尿病和冠心病脫不了關系。

Analyses like West-Eberhard's paper might change the way we see our fellow humans. What makes a person with gorgeous, enviable curves different from someone with an unhealthy-looking gut? It's not necessarily that one is more "out of shape" or less self-controlled.

像 West-Eberhard 的論文這樣的分析可能會改變我們看待人類同胞的方式。 是什么讓一個曲線迷人，令人羨慕的人和一個有著看起來不健康肚子的人產生不同？原因不一定在于后者更加“身型走樣”或者疏于自我管理。

—————  文章來源 / 彭博社

重點詞匯

waistline/ˈweɪstlaɪn/

n. 腰圍

e.g.

I started jogging recently to try to reduce my waistline.

a slender waistline

He has a bulging waistline.

coherent/koʊˈhɪrənt/

adj. 連貫一致的，條理清楚的

e.g.

incoherent

That man was almost incoherent with fear.

sweeping/ˈswiːpɪŋ/

adj. 影響廣泛的，全面的

e.g.

sweeping reforms / changes

picture/ˈpɪktʃər/

n. 描述

e.g.

The writer paints a gloomy picture of the domestic economy.

variation/ˌveriˈeɪʃn/

n. 變化；變異

omentum/oʊˈmɛntəm/

n. 網膜

wrap around

用...裹?。画h(huán)繞，抱住

e.g.

Lala wrapped a scarf tightly around her face.

downside/ˈdaʊnsaɪd/

n. 負面，缺點，缺陷

e.g.

The downside of living here is that it is expensive.

inflammation/ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃn/

n. 發(fā)炎，炎癥

coronary/ˈkɔːrəneri/

adj. 冠狀動脈的

enviable/ˈenviəbl/

adj. 令人羨慕的

e.g.

I envy her ability to talk to people she's never met before. (v.)

He is in the enviable position of having two job offers to choose from.

visceral/ˈvɪsərəl/

adj. 內臟的；本能的，出自內心的

e.g.

visceral love / hatred

the visceral nervous system

subcutaneous/ˌsʌbkjuˈteɪniəs/

adj. 皮下的

拓展內容

怎樣用英語委婉地描述一個人很“胖”

fat 這個單詞用來形容一個人的體型胖未免太過直接，一不小心可能會冒犯到他人。以下是一些實用且委婉的關于“胖”的英文表達。

stocky：這個單詞的英文釋義是“strong and wide”，專門用來形容男子矮壯敦實。比如這個句子：He’s got the stocky build of a rugby player. 他有著橄欖球運動員般敦實強壯的體格。

big：這個詞通常用來形容大塊頭，也可以含蓄地形容一個人很“胖”。舉個例子加深記憶：Sophie didn’t use to be so big, did she? 蘇菲之前沒有那么胖的，是吧？

plump：如果要形容一個人有些“微胖”，就可以用 plump 這個詞，它表示“豐腴的，微胖的”。例如“一個矮個微胖的女人”，就是“a short, plump woman”，“一張飽滿的面孔”，就是“a plump face”。

chubby：這個詞的用法和 plump 相近，都可以表示“微胖的”。chubby 經常被用來形容肉嘟嘟的小朋友，例如：Look at his lovely chubby cheeks! 快看看他可愛的小肉臉！

除此之外，tubby，stout，buxom 和 obese 等單詞都有“胖”的含義，在不同語境下用法不同，希望大家在平時學習和生活中注意積累。