cancer

n.癌症，恶性肿瘤；弊病，社会恶习；迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物；[天]巨蟹座，巨蟹宫

noun

1. 癌；癌症
   a serious disease in which growths of cells, also called cancers , form in the body and kill normal body cells. The disease often causes death.
   1. lung/breast cancer
      肺 / 乳腺癌
   2. cancer of the bowel/stomach
      肠 / 胃癌
   3. Most skin cancers are completely curable.
      大多数的皮肤癌是完全可以治愈的。
   4. The cancer has spread to his stomach.
      癌已扩散到他的胃部。
   5. cancer patients
      癌症病人
   6. cancer research
      癌症研究
2. （迅速蔓延的）邪恶；（社会）毒瘤
   an evil or dangerous thing that spreads quickly
   1. Violence is a cancer in our society.
      暴力行为是我们社会的毒瘤。

名词复数形式:cancers

Cancer 巨蟹座cancer 蟹，癌

来自PIE *kar, 硬，词源同hard. 字母n,r音变。因古希腊医生观察到肿瘤病人静脉肿胀形如螃蟹而得名。

1. Not only cancer, but also heart and lung disease are influenced by smoking.
   不仅是癌症，还有心脏病和肺部疾病也都会受吸烟影响。
2. Greg lost his brave battle against cancer two years ago.
   格雷格在与癌症进行了勇敢的斗争之后于两年前去世。
3. It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.
   这不是癌症，只是良性肿瘤。
4. Her mother died of breast cancer
   她母亲死于乳腺癌。
5. Ninety per cent of lung cancers are caused by smoking.
   90%的肺癌是吸烟所致。
6. The National Cancer Institute now has a computerized system that can quickly provide information.
   国家癌症研究所现在拥有一套能迅速提供信息的电脑化系统。
7. Sadly, both he and my mother died of cancer
   非常不幸的是，他和我母亲都死于癌症。
8. Exploratory surgery revealed her liver cancer
   探查性的外科手术查出她患了肝癌。
9. Their solution was to isolate specific clones of B cells and fuse them with cancer cells
   他们的解决方案是分离出特定的B细胞克隆，然后将它们和癌细胞结合。
10. Heredity is not a factor in causing the cancer.
    这种癌症和遗传无关。
11. Most of the experiences herein concern cancer.
    本文中大多数的经历都和癌症有关。
12. With breast cancer, as with many common diseases, there is no obvious breakthrough on the horizon
    对乳腺癌等很多常见疾病来说，目前还看不到有明显的突破。
13. The incidence of breast cancer increases with age.
    乳腺癌的发病率随年龄增长而递增。
14. He was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
    他被诊断患了无法手术的肺癌。
15. They found invasive cancer during a routine examination.
    他们在常规体检中发现了扩散性的癌变。
16. Liver cancer is linked to the hepatitis B virus
    肝癌与乙肝病毒存在关联。
17. She had localized breast cancer and both of her doctors had advised surgery
    她的乳癌尚未扩散，两位主刀医生均建议她动手术。
18. Howard had to have cancer surgery for a lump in his chest.
    霍华德不得不进行肿瘤手术以切除胸部的肿块。
19. The change in smoking is paralleled by a change in the incidence of lung cancer
    吸烟情况的变化与肺癌发病率的变化如影随形。
20. He specialized in treatment of cancer patients.
    他是治疗癌症病人的专家。
21. There is a relationship between diet and cancer.
    饮食结构和癌症之间有一定关联。
22. It is a cancer that can be cured with relative ease
    这是一种相对来说比较容易治疗的癌症。
23. He had kidney cancer, with secondary tumours in the brain and lungs.
    他患有肾癌，还有脑部和肺部的继发性肿瘤。
24. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer
    他最终被诊断出患了晚期癌症。
25. More and more young men are widowed by cancer
    越来越多的青年男子被癌症夺去了妻子。
26. Alas! He died of cancer.
    唉！他被癌症夺去了生命。
27. Lung cancer deprived him of his life.
    肺癌夺去了他的生命。
28. I learned that he was suffering from cancer.
    我听说他患了癌症。
29. The doctor told me on the quiet his patient had cancer.
    医生暗地对我说，那位病人患的是癌症。