8. “verify”和“confirm/validate”的用法

“verify”： 是对某种学说，假设或已获得初步结果，检查它是否准确。

例1：实验教学不是对理论教学的单纯验证，而是培养学生各种能力和综合素质的教学过程。

A lab course is not simply to verify theories but also to cultivate the abilities and improve the overall quality of students.

“confirm”：是对某方法带来的结果，使用其他方法确定其结果和以前的结果一致。

例2：Western blot检测证实ABC重组蛋白能被抗ABC单克隆抗体识别。

Western blotting confirmed that the recombinant protein ABC was recognized by anti-ABC monoclonal antibody.

9. 英语的每一个介词都有其特定意义

infected by vs. infected with

【infected + by】表示“通过某路途或是手段，某人，动物等被感染了”。

【infected + with】表示“某细菌，病毒或是寄生物等感染了某人，动物等”。

例1：性途径感染人群

Patients infected by sexual contact

例2：日本血吸虫感染小鼠

Mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

administered with vs. administered by

【administered + with】表示“采用某手段或是方法执行某操作”

【administered + by】表示“由经过任何人”

例3：体外HIFU照射采用频率1.1MHz，声功率750W/cm²

HIFU was administered with a focused 1.1 MHz transducer with a peak intensity of 750 W/cm²

例4：由经过专门培训的人员进行问卷调查

A questionnaire was administered by trained professionals

例5：治疗要由医生进行

Treatment must be administered by a physician

“administered” 不能加 “with” 的例子

例6：糖尿病小鼠给予生理盐水

☓Diabetic mice were administered with physiological saline

✓Diabetic mice were administered physiological saline

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