The study called for each inmate to gain 25% of their body weight.这项研究要求每一位囚犯体重增加25%
gain weight:增加体重
This illness predisposes you to gain weight.
这种病就预设了你体重会增加。
People tend to gain weight on holidays.
人们常常在假期长胖。
In return, they were promised early release from jail.作为回报,他们可以提前出狱
release from:释放;解除
I could find release from anxiety.
我可以寻求忧虑的消除。
In the meantime, people continued to be attracted to any dieting fad that claimed it would work.同时,人们继续被那些声称有效的节食风潮所吸引
in the meantime:与此同时; 在此期间
I like skiing and in the meantime, I know it is very dangerous.
我喜欢滑雪,同时也知道这非常危险。
Two of the prisoners got stuck at 21%两个囚犯到了21%就没有进展了
get stuck:被卡在 ...; 被困住 ...
We got stuck in a terrible traffic jam in Taipei.
在台北我们被塞车困住了。