修稿过程中,常会碰见一些词义相近的词,其区分比较困难。以下是我总结的几个例子,仅供大家参考,如有不妥之处,请指出。 血管生成 Vasculogenesis 与Angiogenesis Vasculogenesis stimulation of the endogenous angiogenic responses(embryonic formation and differentiation of the vascular system ) Angiogenesis - formation of structures that mimic the vascular tree of the organ or tissue to be replaced(the formation and differentiation of blood vessels) Cerebral 与 Brain Cerebral-1 : of or relating to the brain or the intellect; 2 : of, relating to, affecting, or being the cerebrum cerebral blood flow Brain-1 : the portion of the vertebrate central nervous system enclosed in the skull and continuous with the spinal cord through the foramen magnum that is composed of neurons and supporting and nutritive structures (as glia) and that integrates sensory information from inside and outside the body in controlling autonomic function (as heartbeat and respiration), in coordinating and directing correlated motor responses, and in the process of learning;2: a nervous center in invertebrates comparable in position and function to the vertebrate brain 有关脑的常见词 脑外伤 cerebral trauma 脑损伤 brain injury/damage 颅脑损伤 craniocerebral injury 脑锉裂伤 contusion and laceration of brain 脑组织 brain tissue 脑缺血(出血) cerebral ischemia(hemorrhage) Nerve cell 与 Neuron Neuron-one of the cells that constitute nervous tissue, that have the property of transmitting and receiving nervous impulses, and that are composed of somewhat reddish or grayish protoplasm with a large nucleus containing a conspicuous nucleolus, irregular cytoplasmic granules, and cytoplasmic processes which are highly differentiated frequently as multiple dendrites or usually as solitary axons and which conduct impulses toward and away from the nerve cell body -- called also nerve cell Neuron is composed of cell body, dendrite, axon, nerve ending Praxiology 与 Behavior test Praxiology-The science or study of behaviour; it excludes the study of consciousness and similar non-objective metaphysical concepts.特指人类行为学 Behavior test-研究动物行为时常用behavior test Scaffold 与 Cytoskeleton Scaffold-scaffold materials Cytoskeleton(细胞支架/细胞骨架)-a cells scaffold, the network of protein filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm that controls cell shape, maintains intracellular organization, and is involved in cell movement. That part of the cytoplasm that remains when organelles and internal membrane systems are removed. Case 与 Patient case 指的是某种疾病的案例,不作人讲,而patient则指患有某种疾病的人。而且,两者搭配的介词不同:patient跟with,case跟of 范例: Case 1 was treated for 6 weeks with此句因受治疗的是患者,所以应改成Patient 1 was treated for or In case 1, the patient was treated for Compare with 与 Compare to 不能随意更换,前者用于差异比较,译为比较,强调两者的差别;后者用于相同比较,通常理解为把比作。 范例:showed a significant increase compared with previous determinations.与之前的测量结果相比,有显著提升。 We compare the heart to a pump. 我们把心脏比作泵。 实例 There were marked reductions in the mean number of new lesions in both natalizumab groups: 9.6 per patient in the placebo group, as compared with 0.7 in the group given 3 mg of natalizumab per kilogram(P0.001) and 1.1 in the group given 6 mg of natalizumab per kilogram(P0.001). Twenty-seven patients in the placebo group had relapses, as compared with 13 in the group given 3 mg of natalizumab per kilogram(P=0.02) and 14 in the group given 6 mg of natalizumab per kilogram(P=0.02).