cva
cva — 名詞
1. A medical term that stands for cerebrovascular accident — a serious condition in
腦血管意外
腦中風的醫學正式名稱
A medical term that stands for cerebrovascular accident — a serious condition in which the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly blocked by a clot or because a blood vessel bursts, causing brain cells to die.
The emergency room doctor told the family that Mr. Okonkwo had suffered a CVA and needed immediate treatment.
急診室醫師告訴家屬，Okonkwo 先生發生了腦血管意外，需要立即治療。
common pattern: suffer a CVA
Patients who arrive at the hospital within three hours of a CVA have a much better chance of recovery.
發作後三小時內抵達醫院的腦血管意外患者，復原的機會高出許多。
preposition: within [time] of a CVA
High blood pressure and smoking are the two biggest risk factors for having a CVA.
高血壓和抽菸是發生腦血管意外最大的兩項風險因子。
After her CVA, Mei spent six weeks in rehabilitation learning to walk again.
Mei 在腦血管意外之後，花了六週進行復健，重新學習走路。
The nurse explained that a CVA is sometimes called a stroke in everyday language.
護理師解釋說，CVA 在日常用語中有時也稱為中風。
- stroke
the everyday term patients and families use; less formal than CVA
- brain attack
a public-awareness term meant to convey urgency; much less common in clinical notes
- cerebrovascular accident
the full expanded form of CVA; used in formal medical reports
文法句型
the CVA
a CVA
suffer a CVA
用法筆記
CVA is the formal clinical abbreviation used by doctors and medical staff. In everyday conversation with patients, most healthcare professionals use the word 'stroke' instead.
常見錯誤
2. A historical abbreviation for the Columbia Valley Authority — a U.S. federal age
哥倫比亞谷局
1930年代美國聯邦水利機構
A historical abbreviation for the Columbia Valley Authority — a U.S. federal agency created in the 1930s to manage the Columbia River basin by building dams, producing electricity, and supporting irrigation projects.
The CVA was established in 1937 to bring electricity and irrigation to farming communities in the Pacific Northwest.
哥倫比亞谷局於 1937 年成立，旨在為太平洋西北地區的農業社區提供電力和灌溉用水。
passive: be established + purpose: to bring
Historians often compare the CVA to the Tennessee Valley Authority, which served a similar role in the southeastern United States.
歷史學家經常將哥倫比亞谷局與田納西河谷管理局相比，後者在美國東南部扮演了類似的角色。
Grand Coulee Dam was one of the largest construction projects carried out by the CVA during the Great Depression.
大古力水壩是哥倫比亞谷局在經濟大蕭條期間進行的最大建設項目之一。
Farmers in eastern Washington relied on the CVA to provide affordable water for their crops during dry seasons.
華盛頓州東部的農民仰賴哥倫比亞谷局在乾旱季節提供平價的灌溉用水。
- Columbia Valley Authority
the full, unambiguous name; use this instead of CVA in most writing
- TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
a similar but much better-known agency; often used as a reference point when explaining the CVA
文法句型
the CVA
用法筆記
This historical meaning of CVA is only found in texts about New Deal-era public works projects in the U.S. Most modern readers would not recognise this abbreviation and would need the full name spelled out first.