Screening
医疗语境为早期检测疾病;影视语境指场次放映;招聘语境指简历或背景审查的初步环节。
- “Breast cancer screening saves lives when done regularly.” (定期乳腺癌筛查能挽救生命。)
- “The film had a midnight screening at the festival.” (该片在电影节有一场午夜放映。)
- “Phone screening is the first step in our hiring process.” (电话初筛是我们招聘流程的第一步。)
中古荷兰语或古法语 screen(屏风、遮挡物)引申为“过滤视线的网”,再动词化为 screen。
动词 “screen” + 动名词 “-ing”。
机场安检亦称 security screening;独立电影常办 limited screening。
- 固定搭配: “health screening” (健康筛查), “screening test” (筛查检测)
- 动词: screen;名词: screen, screener
screen(筛、屏)+ ing → 用筛子把合格与不合格分开的过程。
“After a positive screening, patients were referred to specialists within a week.” (筛查结果为阳性的患者在一周内被转介给专科医生。)