概念点拨:
侏儒症(Dwarfism)是指人、动物或植物极端矮小的一种状态。以前在日常生活和医学上,任何类型的人明显矮小都可称为侏儒症。而今,这一名词只限于极端矮小且身体不相称的人,通常是由于骨或软骨发育的遗传性疾病。相反,由于内分泌或营养异常而致的相称性的身材矮小,不再被称为"侏儒"。其中一个例子是“生长激素缺乏症”,曾经被称作“垂体性侏儒症”。
就人类来说,经常是因为4p16.3 染色体位置的FGFR-3 (纤维芽细胞生长因子第三号接受体,fibroblast growth factor receptor-3)基因发生突变而造成。
词组点拨:
1.「一直」- All The Time
I think that we're growing up all the time, and we always will be.
我认为我们一直在成长,而我们会永远如此。
2.「偶尔」- Every Now And Then
...I would have, you know, negative encounters every now and then, but for the most part, I had friends and I had family who supported me.
...我会有,你知道,偶尔一些不快的遭遇,但大多情况下,我有朋友、和支持我的家人。
3.「大多数情况下、通常」- For The Most Part
...I would have, you know, negative encounters every now and then, but for the most part, I had friends and I had family who supported me.
...我会有,你知道,偶尔一些不快的遭遇,但大多情况下,我有朋友、和支持我的家人。
4.「厌烦、受够了」- Be Fed Up With
... until it got to a point where I just got fed up with it.
...直到到达一个我真的受够了的程度。