obesity

IPA/əʊˈbiːsəti/
KK[obˈisəti]IPA/əʊˈbiːsəti/

obesity — 名詞

1. the medical state of carrying so much extra body fat that a person's health is p

1.名詞C1
釋義

肥胖症

體脂過多影響健康的醫學狀態

the medical state of carrying so much extra body fat that a person's health is put at serious risk, often measured by body mass index.

例句

Doctors warn that childhood obesity has tripled in Taiwan since the 1990s.

醫師警告，台灣兒童肥胖症的比例自1990年代以來已增為三倍。

collocation: childhood obesity

Obesity raises the chance of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.

肥胖症會提高心臟病、中風和第二型糖尿病的風險。

subject of health-risk verbs: raises, causes, leads to

常見搭配
  • childhood obesity
  • morbid obesity
  • rates of obesity
  • tackle obesity
  • fight obesity
  • obesity epidemic
  • obesity rates
同義詞
  • overweight

    milder; describes being above a healthy weight without the medical severity of obesity

  • corpulence

    formal and old-fashioned; literary rather than medical

  • adiposity

    technical medical term for excess body fat tissue

反義詞
  • thinness

    general opposite, not medical

  • leanness

    positive connotation, suggests fit and trim

文法句型

uncountable noun

用法筆記

Uncountable noun — never written with 'a' or in the plural ('an obesity', 'obesities' are wrong). Subject is typically a person or population group; common verbs are 'cause', 'lead to', 'tackle', 'fight'.

常見錯誤

He has an obesity.
He has obesity.
obesity is uncountable; do not use 'a' or 'an'.
She suffers from obesities.
She suffers from obesity.
no plural form.

同根字

  • obese
    形容詞C1
  • obesely
    副詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • obesity rate
  • obesity epidemic
  • obesity crisis
  • childhood obesity
  • morbid obesity

常用片語

  • fight obesity
  • tackle obesity
  • combat obesity
  • rise in obesity
  • risk of obesity

介系詞搭配

  • obesity in (children, adults)
  • linked to obesity
  • suffer from obesity