7. 关于“了解”、“掌握”、“检测”等词义。

☓ know, find out, learn, understand →✓ determine, ascertain

know, find out, learn, understand等的意思就是“懂，理解，明白”。

例1：我了解了昨天的课的内容

I understood what was taught in class yesterday

determine, ascertain的意思是“知道得清楚，明白某原因，因子，理由”。因此从科学事实的角度来说，determine, ascertain的说法更合适。

例2：她了解了他为什么迟到了

She ascertained the reason why he was late

例3：了解和分析儿童棘球蚴感染现状

☓ To understand and analyze the incidence of echinococcosis in children

✓ To ascertain and analyze the incidence of echinococcosis in children

例4：了解神经外科感染的病原菌类型及耐药性

☓ To know the types of pathogens responsible for infections in Neurosurgery and their drug resistance

☓ To learn…

☓ To understand…

✓ To ascertain the types of pathogens responsible for infections in Neurosurgery and their drug resistance

✓ To determine…

例5：用流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡率

☓ Flow cytometry detected the apoptosis rate

✓ Flow cytometry was used to determine the apoptosis rate

“调查”，“探讨”，“研究”，“查找”

☓ explore, probe, find out →✓study, examine, investigate

例6：探讨动物肠道寄生虫感染情况

✓To investigate the prevalence of animal infection with intestinal parasites

例7：调查日本血吸虫感染小鼠调节性T细胞水平动态变化

✓To investigate changes in levels of regulatory T cells in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

✓To study....

✓To examine....

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