As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease.
由于在給這個木乃伊拍攝的X光片子上有點奇怪的斑點，所以，醫生們一直試圖搞清這位婦女是否死于一種罕見的疾病。
新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 77 A successful operation
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 令人難于忍受的;難堪的;令人厭煩的;
v. 試圖( try的現在分詞);試驗，嘗試;審訊;
?? try(考驗)+ing(形容詞后綴)→難堪的；使人痛苦的
"an ageing pop star trying to stage a comeback"
試圖重返歌壇的已經上了年紀的流行音樂歌星
近義：arduous, irksome, labored, laborious, nagging, nervy
adj. 罕見的，特殊的;優秀的，不尋常的;稀薄的，經過稀化的;
?? rar-, rare- 表”少,薄;不普通的,不常見的”
"He buys rare baseball cards on eBay."
他從易趣網上購買珍稀的棒球卡。
近義：infrequent, peculiar, scant, unaccustomed, uncharacteristic, uncommon
反義：regular, repeating, rife, common, frequent
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 傳染;使…有病;
?? dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全國40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。
近義：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反義：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. 陌生的，生疏的;奇怪的，古怪的;疏遠的;外國的;
adv. 奇怪地;陌生地;冷淡地;
?? 事真奇”（諧音）即 奇怪的
"a strange concatenation of events"
一連串奇怪的事
近義：odd, offbeat, outlandish, quaint, queer, queerish
反義：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
v. 發現;找到;查明;發覺;
n. 發現物;被發現的人;
?? 翻的(諧音): 找東西是要“翻的
"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."
我們到處尋找,但仍沒能找到.
近義：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot
反義：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass