parasite

英 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

美 [ˈpærəsaɪt]

n.  寄生生物; 寄生虫; 寄生植物; 依赖他人过活者

复数：parasites　

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牛津词典

noun

• 寄生生物；寄生虫；寄生植物
  a small animal or plant that lives on or inside another animal or plant and gets its food from it
• 寄生虫；依赖他人过活者
  a person who always relies on or benefits from other people and gives nothing back

柯林斯词典

• 寄生虫；寄生物
  Aparasiteis a small animal or plant that lives on or inside a larger animal or plant, and gets its food from it.
• 不劳而获者；寄生虫
  If you disapprove of someone because you think that they get money or other things from other people but do not do anything in return, you can call them aparasite.

英英释义

noun

• an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant)
• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
  Synonym:leechspongesponger

双语例句

• People become infected when they are bitten by mosquitoes carrying the malaria parasite.
  当人们被携带疟疾寄生虫的蚊子叮咬就会被传染。
• Our research uncovered a critical pathway the parasite uses to survive the journey from one host cell to another.
  我们的研究揭示了一个重要的途径，寄生虫用一个幸存旅行从一个宿主细胞到另一个宿主细胞。
• Chinese scientists have identified a group of proteins that may help the schistosomiasis parasite survive host attacks.
  中国科学家鉴定出了一组血吸虫蛋白质，它们能帮助这种寄生虫逃避宿主的免疫攻击。
• Mosquitoes pick up the malaria parasite by sucking blood from an infected person.
  蚊子在从感染了疟疾的人身上吸血时吸入了寄生的疟原虫。
• Plasmodium vivax, the worlds most common malaria parasite, now infects people previously considered to be resistant.
  间日疟原虫是世上最常见的疟疾寄生虫，现在，这种寄生虫也会感染那些之前被认为抗疟疾病的人。
• The study is aimed at developing a new vaccine for the East Coast fever parasite.
  这项研究的目的是开发一个新的东海岸热寄生虫疫苗。
• Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that can infect aves 、 mammal and human beings.
  弓形虫是一种全球性分布的寄生原虫，可感染鸟类、哺乳动物和人。
• Previous studies of interactions between parasitic worms and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have come to varying conclusions.
  此前关于寄生虫和恶性疟原虫之间相互作用的研究得出了迥异的结果。
• This meeting is the only international meeting that addresses the development of drugs to treat and prevent parasite infections.
  这次会议是唯一的一个国际会议，解决了一药物的发展，以治疗或预防寄生虫感染。
• She was essentially feminine, in other words, a parasite and a chalice.
  她在本质上是个女人，换句话说，是一个食客和一只酒杯。