symptom
symptom 英 [ˈsɪmptəm] 美 [ˈsɪmtəm, ˈsɪmp-]
n. [临床] 症状；征兆
名词复数:symptoms
- A symptom is the result or byproduct of something else—specifically, the result we use to prove that that other thing exists. Simple example: a cough is a symptom of a cold. We know we have a cold because we have the symptom, a cough.
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- n. [临床] 症状；征兆
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1. flu symptoms
流感症状
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2. Look out for symptoms of depression.
留心看有无抑郁症状。
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3. Symptoms include a headache and sore throat.
症状包括头痛和咽喉疼痛。
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4. one symptom of the poor state of the economy.
经济不景气的一个征候。
- symptom (n.) 1540s, re-Latinized from sinthoma (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin sinthoma "symptom of a disease," altered from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma "a happening, accident, disease," from stem of sympiptein "to befall, happen; coincide, fall together," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + piptein "to fall," from PIE *pi-pt-, reduplicated form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly."
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