respiratory

<正式>呼吸的adj.

• Smoking places you at serious risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease.

  吸烟会严重增加罹患心血管和呼吸道疾病的风险。

• Consulting a random doctor patients will never meet, they say, further fragments the health-care system, and even minor issues such as upper respiratory infections can't be thoroughly evaluated by a doctor who can't listen to your heart or feel your swollen glands.

  他们说，随便咨询一个患者永远见不到的医生会进一步瓦解医疗保健制度，甚至上呼吸道感染等小问题也无法得到完全的检查，因为医生没办法进行听诊或触摸肿胀的腺体。