etiology

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etiology 指研究疾病或异常状况的病因、起源和发生机制的学科,常用于医学和科学领域。

用法要点

句型搭配

etiology 通常作为名词使用,常见于“the etiology of + 疾病/状况”的结构中,表示对特定病因的研究或描述。

• the etiology of cancer
• the etiology of depression
• the etiology of the outbreak

介词用法

etiology 常与介词“of”连用,表示所属关系,如“etiology of a disease”;在学术语境中,也可与“in”搭配,表示在某个领域中的病因学,如“etiology in psychiatry”。

• etiology of the infection
• etiology in medical research
• etiology of the disorder

语域说明

etiology 是正式学术词汇,主要用于医学、生物学、心理学等科学领域,在日常对话中较少使用,更常见于专业文献、研究报告或学术讨论中。

• etiology in clinical studies
• etiology of neurological diseases
• etiology in epidemiology

基础例句

Doctors are still trying to understand the etiology of this rare disease.

医生们仍在努力理解这种罕见疾病的病因。

The etiology of the outbreak was traced back to contaminated water.

这次疫情爆发的病因被追溯到受污染的水源。

She read an article about the etiology of common colds.

她读了一篇关于普通感冒病因的文章。

高级例句

The research paper discusses the multifactorial etiology of cardiovascular diseases in detail.

这篇研究论文详细讨论了心血管疾病的多因素病因。

In the conference, experts debated the genetic versus environmental etiology of autism spectrum disorders.

在会议上,专家们就自闭症谱系障碍的遗传与环境病因进行了辩论。

The study aims to elucidate the etiology of the new viral strain through genomic analysis.

这项研究旨在通过基因组分析阐明新病毒株的病因。

高频搭配

verb

study the etiologyinvestigate the etiologydetermine the etiologyunderstand the etiologyexplain the etiology

adjective

complex etiologyunknown etiologymultifactorial etiologyinfectious etiologygenetic etiology

noun

disease etiologyetiology of canceretiology of depressionetiology of the outbreaketiology of the disorder

adverb

primarily etiologypartially etiologylargely etiology

preposition

etiology ofetiology inetiology for

phrase

the etiology remains uncleara multifactorial etiologyetiology and pathogenesisetiology of the condition

常见错误

❌ 错误:The etiology for the disease is unknown.
✓ 正确:The etiology of the disease is unknown.

etiology 通常与介词“of”搭配,表示所属关系,而不是“for”。使用“for”可能不自然或错误,应改为“of”以符合英语习惯。

❌ 错误:He studies the etiology of how people get sick.
✓ 正确:He studies the etiology of diseases.

etiology 是名词,指病因学本身,而不是描述过程。避免使用“how”从句,直接接疾病名称更准确,如“etiology of diseases”。

近义词辨析

cause

cause 泛指任何事件或状况的原因,用途更广泛、日常;etiology 特指疾病或异常状况的病因,更正式、学术,强调系统性研究。

The cause of the accident was human error. (日常原因) vs. The etiology of the epidemic involves multiple pathogens. (学术病因)

pathogenesis

pathogenesis 指疾病发生和发展的机制过程;etiology 侧重病因的起源和原因。两者常一起使用,但 pathogenesis 更关注“如何发展”,etiology 更关注“为什么发生”。

The pathogenesis of the virus involves rapid replication in host cells. (发展机制) vs. The etiology of the virus is zoonotic transmission. (病因起源)