1. suffer from 患有某种疾病
Roughly 50 million people in the United States suffer from hypertension, and the number is increasing.
报道说,美国大约有5000万人患有高血压症,而且患病人数还呈逐年上升趋势 。
2. a disproportionate number of 太大/小;太多/少;不成比例的
For some unknown reason, a disproportionate number of fathers over the age of fifty have a PhD.
不知为什么,他们中间50岁以上的父亲大部分都有博士学位 。
3. be scheduled to 预定;计划
A great number of the body's events are scheduled to occur at a certain time of day.
我们身体的大量活动都按时在一天中的某个时间发生的 。
4. plagued by 饱受……折磨
After a career plagued by major foot injuries, Ilgauskas had the surgery to reshape his foot in 2000 and was out for a year.
由于饱受脚步伤病的折磨,伊尔戈斯卡斯在2000年接受了脚部整形手术,为此退赛了一年之久 。
adv. 近似地,大约