1. diabetes
n. [医] 糖尿病, 多尿症
a medical condition caused by a lack of insulin, which makes the patient produce a lot of urine and feel very thirsty.

epidemic
n.
(1) a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community,
(2) a sudden rapid increase in how often sth bad happens.
adj.
(1) Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time,
(2) Widely prevalent.

2. alliance
n.
(1) ~ (with sb/sth)| ~ (between A and B) an agreement between countries, political parties, etc. to work together in order to achieve sth that they all want,
(2) a group of people, political parties, etc. who work together in order to achieve sth that they all want.

3. glucose
n. 葡萄糖
a type of sugar that is found in fruit and is easily changed into energy by the human body.

4. insulin
n. 胰岛素

5. hormone
n. 荷尔蒙，激素

6. adolescents
n. a young person who is developing from a child into an adult.
adj. 青春期的, 青春的

7. westernized
westernize
v. to bring ideas or ways of life that are typical of western Europe and N America to other countries.
eg. I am afraid that it is not easy to completely Westernize 1.3 billion Chinese people. 把十三亿中国人完全西化恐怕不容易的。

8. terrorist
n. person who takes part in terrorism
The street bristle with armed guards after the latest terrorist attack. 最近一次恐怖分子攻击后，街道上武装警卫遍布。

9. restrictive
adj.
(1) preventing people from doing what they want,
eg. Why does a small urban residence booklet have such a great restrictive power? 小小一册户口本，为什么有如此大的束缚力呢？
(2) (grammar) (of relative clauses) explaining which particular person or thing you are talking about rather than giving extra information about them.

10. allowance
n.
(1) an amount of money that is given to sb regularly or for a particular purpose;
(2) the amount of sth that is allowed in a particular situation;
(3) an amount of money that can be earned or received before you start paying tax.

11. on the subject of 关于, 论及
eg. We sounded mother on the subject of a picnic. 我们就野餐一事试探妈妈的口气。

12.sacrifice
n.
(1) the fact of giving up sth important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important; sth that you give up in this way;
eg. War has no certainty except the certainty of sacrifice . 可以肯定的一点是，战争是必须付出牺牲的。
(2) ~ (to sb) the act of offering sth to a god, especially an animal that has been killed in a special way; an animal, etc. that is offered in this way.
eg. A lamb was offered in sacrifice. 一只小羊用作祭祀。
v.
(1) ~ sth (for sb/sth) to give up sth that is important or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important for yourself or for another person;
(2) to kill an animal or a person and offer it or them to a god, in order to please the god.

13. fidelity
n.
(1) ~ (to sth) (formal) the quality of being loyal to sb/sth;
(2) ~ (to sb) the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife or partner by not having a sexual relationship with anyone else;
(3) ~ (of sth) (to sth) (formal) the quality of being accurate.

14. finalized
finalize
v. to complete the last part of a plan, trip, project, etc.
eg. Let's meet again tomorrow to finalize the price. 我们明天再见面最后敲定价格。

15. territory
n.
(1) land that is under the control of a particular country or ruler;
(2) an area that one person, group, animal, etc. considers as their own and defends against others who try to enter it;
(3) an area of a town, country, etc. that sb has responsibility for in their work or another activity;
(4) a particular type of land;

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