学个词Learn a Word 第1524-full-blown

  今天我们要学的词是full-blown.  Full-blown is spelled f-u-l-l-b-l-o-w-n; full-blown. Full-blown指“全面的，盛开的”。The percentage of U.S. teenagers with "pre-diabetes¹" or full-blown type 2 diabetes has more than doubled in recent years. 在美国，患有前期糖尿病或晚期二型糖尿病的青少年占青少年人口总数比例在最近几年中增长了一倍多。The UN human rights chief warned that a full-blown civil war could engulf² Syria if Assad and the opposition³ forces do not abide⁴ by the UN-brokered peace plan. 联合国人权事务主管警告说，如果叙利亚总统阿萨德和反政府武装不遵守由联合国斡旋的和平计划，叙利亚可能会被全面内战所吞噬。好，今天我们学习的词是 full-blown， full-blown， full-blown...

1 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

2 engulf   

vt.吞没，吞食

参考例句：

• Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目。
• If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up,then they will engulf us,and we are in danger.如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念，就会有被他们吞没的危险。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。