if there is any effect of noise upon mental health it must be so small that present methods of psychiatric diagnosis cannot find it.
如果噪音對精神健康有影響的話,那也一定是微乎其微,以致現代的精神病診斷方法還發現不了。
新概念英語第四冊 Lesson 25 Non-auditory effects of noise

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從本句中提取的重要詞匯

effect [?'f?kt] 詞頻1 詞根: fac
n. 影響;效果;印象;所有物; vt. 使發生;引起;產生(效果);
?? ef出+fect做,制作→做出來→實施;生效;效果
"the cumulative effect of human activity on the world environment"
人類活動對世界生態環境日積月累的影響
近義:implement, make, materialize, occasion, officiate, operate 反義:motive, occasioner, origin, point, reason, root
present ['pr?znt] 詞頻1 詞根: pre
adj. 現在的;目前的;出席的;[語法學]現在時的; n. 現在;禮物;瞄準;
?? pres前+ent名詞后綴 → 禮物,贈送物
"a belated birthday present"
遲來的生日禮物
近義:offer, award, proffer, promise, accord, bestow 反義:implement, materialize, obtain, attain, perform, prosecute
diagnosis [,da??ɡ'nos?s] 詞根: dia
n. 診斷;診斷結論;判斷;結論;
?? dia穿過+gnosis知道→穿過表面去知道→診斷
"diagnosis of lung cancer"
肺癌的診斷
近義:diagnostic
mental ['m?ntl] 詞頻2 詞根: ment
adj. 內心的,精神的,思想的,心理的;智慧的,智[腦]力的;〈口〉精神病的,意志薄弱的,愚笨的; n. 精神病患者;
?? ment思考,神智+al表形容詞 → 智力的;精神的
"Mental and physical deterioration both occur naturally with age."
隨著年齡的增長,心智和體力自然衰退.
noise [n??z] 詞頻1
n. 噪音;嘈雜聲,喧鬧聲;聲音,聲響;雜音; vt. 謠傳;哄傳;傳說; vi. 發出聲音;大聲議論;
?? 音“鬧死”: 噪音太大,吵鬧死了 鼻子(nose)里加個(i)- 吵鬧
"If you close that door, you can shut the noise in."
你要是關上那扇門, 就聽不到吵鬧聲了.
近義:preach, propagate, report, reveal, spread, broadcast 反義:still, stillness, quietness

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