台灣自疫情產生破口,從北部地區向全境擴散後,疫情指揮中心的記者會出現了新名詞「校正回歸」,引發高度關注。指揮官解釋,短短1週累積了超量的採檢案(backlog)造成採檢塞車,校正回歸是回溯過去確診數的時間差。

【校正回歸淺談】

backlog 積壓的工作
A:Taiwan's CDC has announced the total of new cases, but half of them are delayed results!
(衛福部宣布了新確診數,但半數是校正回歸!)
B:They're domestic cases caused by a backlog of testing results over the last several days.
(它們是數日來採檢積壓所造成的本土案例。)

surge 急劇增加
A:After the surge in Taipei City, the demand for testing has increased a lot.
(台北市疫情爆量後,採檢需求大增。)
B:Our government should increase its testing capacity ASAP.
(我們的政府應盡快增加檢測量能。)

complacency 自滿
A:Do you think that Taiwan's vaccinations have lagged significantly behind?
(你認為台灣的疫苗施打嚴重落後嗎?)
B:Absolutely!Besides lagging vaccinations, Bloomberg said complacency let COVID-19 break up Taiwan's line of defense.
(絕對是!除了疫苗施打落後,彭博說自滿讓台灣防線瓦解。)

【延伸關鍵字】
1. sluggish:遲緩的
2. to erode:侵蝕
3. mild:輕症的

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