contract polio
contract 用于表示感染疾病，较为正式。
Many children contracted polio before the vaccine was available.
疫苗问世之前，许多儿童感染了脊髓灰质炎。
脊髓灰质炎；小儿麻痹症
小儿麻痹症；[医] 脊髓灰质炎
an acute viral disease that causes inflammation of nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord
脊髓灰质炎；小儿麻痹症
n an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord
The polio vaccine has saved millions of children from paralysis.
脊髓灰质炎疫苗使数百万儿童免于瘫痪。
用法提示：polio 在此为名词，作定语修饰 vaccine，指脊髓灰质炎（小儿麻痹症）这种疾病。
She contracted polio as a child and now walks with a limp.
她小时候感染了小儿麻痹症，现在走路一瘸一拐。
用法提示：polio 在此句中作宾语，作为疾病名称使用。
Global health workers are working hard to wipe out polio completely.
全球卫生工作者正在努力彻底消灭脊髓灰质炎。
用法提示：polio 用作不可数名词，指这种疾病本身。
contract 用于表示感染疾病，较为正式。
Many children contracted polio before the vaccine was available.
疫苗问世之前，许多儿童感染了脊髓灰质炎。
suffer from 常用来描述长期或慢性疾病的影响。
He suffered from polio as a child and now walks with a limp.
他小时候患有小儿麻痹症，现在走路一瘸一拐。
polio 可直接修饰名词，表示与脊髓灰质炎相关的，如 polio vaccine、polio cases。
The polio vaccine is given to children worldwide.
世界各地都给儿童接种脊髓灰质炎疫苗。
这是polio的正式医学术语全称，主要用于医学文献和正式场合；日常口语及新闻报道中更常说polio。
这是历史性用语，在现代医学中已很少使用，多出现在旧文献或非专业叙述中；现在一般用poliomyelitis或polio。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many children in the village got a polio.
正确表达Many children in the village got polio.
polio 作“脊髓灰质炎/小儿麻痹症”这一疾病名称时通常不可数，前面不能加不定冠词 a；表示患病时直接用 get/have/contract polio。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is suffered from polio.
正确表达She suffers from polio.
suffer from 表示“患（病）”时用主动语态，主语是患者本人，不能套用汉语被动的说法而写成 is suffered from。
grammar · medium
易错句子The doctor gave her a vaccine of polio.
正确表达The doctor gave her a vaccine against polio.
表示“预防某种疾病的疫苗”时，常见搭配是 vaccine against + 疾病名称，或直接用名词修饰语 polio vaccine，而不用 vaccine of + 疾病。
脊髓灰质炎疫苗
The polio vaccine has saved millions of children from paralysis.
脊髓灰质炎疫苗使数百万儿童免于瘫痪。
根除脊髓灰质炎
Global health organizations are working toward the complete eradication of polio.
全球卫生组织正致力于彻底根除脊髓灰质炎。
脊髓灰质炎疫情
A polio outbreak was reported in several remote villages.
几个偏远村庄报告了脊髓灰质炎疫情。
感染脊髓灰质炎
Children can contract polio through contaminated water.
儿童可能通过受污染的水感染脊髓灰质炎。
患小儿麻痹症
She has suffered from polio since she was three years old.
她从三岁起就患有小儿麻痹症。
与预防脊髓灰质炎直接相关。
脊髓灰质炎可引起的主要症状。
脊髓灰质炎由病毒引起。
指脊髓灰质炎疫情的出现和传播。
历史上用于辅助脊髓灰质炎患者呼吸的装置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
脊髓灰质炎幸存者
The polio survivor now works as a physiotherapist.
这位脊髓灰质炎幸存者现在是一名物理治疗师。