non-infectious
/ˌnɒn.ɪnˈfek.ʃəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːn.ɪnˈfek.ʃəs/ (ame, ipa)
non-infectious — 形容詞
1. describing an illness whose germs do not spread between humans, animals, or crop
非傳染性的
形容疾病本身不會在人或動物間傳開
describing an illness whose germs do not spread between humans, animals, or crops through contact, droplets, or shared objects
Diabetes is a non-infectious disease, so Aylin did not have to wear a mask at her grandmother's bedside.
糖尿病屬於非傳染性的疾病，所以 Aylin 在祖母床邊不必戴口罩。
attributive: non-infectious + disease
The school nurse explained to the worried parents that eczema is non-infectious and the children could play together safely.
校護向擔心的家長解釋，濕疹是非傳染性的，孩子們可以安心一起玩。
predicative: is non-infectious
Heart disease and most cancers are non-infectious, yet they kill more people than viruses do each year.
心臟病和大多數癌症都是非傳染性的，但每年奪走的人命卻比病毒還多。
Doctors classified the rash as non-infectious after Kofi's blood tests came back clear of any virus.
在 Kofi 的血液檢驗排除任何病毒後，醫師將這片紅疹歸類為非傳染性的。
Asthma is a non-infectious condition, so Daichi could share his classroom and lunch table with everyone.
氣喘是一種非傳染性的疾病，所以 Daichi 可以和大家共用教室和午餐桌。
- noncommunicable
preferred term in WHO and public-health reports
- noncontagious
everyday equivalent; covers spread by touch or droplets
- infectious
can be passed on through germs
- contagious
can be passed on through contact or droplets
文法句型
non-infectious + disease
be non-infectious
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a disease, illness, or medical condition. Frequently used in public-health writing to reassure that close contact is safe.
常見錯誤
2. describing a person, animal, or biological sample that carries no germs capable
不具傳染力的
形容人或檢體不會把疾病傳給別人
describing a person, animal, or biological sample that carries no germs capable of giving an illness to anyone else
Two weeks after starting treatment, Élise was officially non-infectious and could return to her job at the bakery.
開始治療兩週後，Élise 正式不具傳染力，可以回麵包店上班了。
predicative: declared non-infectious
The lab uses heat to make the virus samples non-infectious before students study them under the microscope.
實驗室會用加熱方式讓病毒檢體不具傳染力，學生才能在顯微鏡下觀察。
render samples non-infectious
Doctors confirmed Ritu was non-infectious, so visitors could finally enter her hospital room without protective gowns.
醫師確認 Ritu 不具傳染力後，訪客終於可以不穿防護衣進入她的病房。
Vaccines often contain a non-infectious form of the virus that teaches the body how to fight the real one.
疫苗常含有不具傳染力的病毒形態，用來教導身體如何對抗真正的病毒。
- noncontagious
more common in daily speech for people
- inactivated
of viruses or vaccines treated to lose their power
- infectious
carrying germs that can spread to others
- contagious
carrying germs that spread through close contact
文法句型
non-infectious + person / animal / sample
用法筆記
Subject is a person, animal, or biological material (sample, vaccine, culture). Distinguish from sense 1, where the subject is the disease itself.