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Genetically modified mosquitoes could soon be released in the Florida Keys to combat Zika.
转基因蚊子可能很快在佛罗里达群岛释放以对抗寨卡。
NPR reports that county residents approved a measure to allow the company Oxitec to let the bugs loose,but some residents aren't sold.
NPR报道，县居民批准一项法案允许Oxitec公司释放蚊子，但有些居民不买账。
When the modified male pests mate with regular female mosquitoes, their offspring die. That reduces the mosquito population. Oxitec's trials in Brazil and a few other countries reported massive success.
当改良的雄性蚊子与普通雌蚊交配时，它们的后代将死亡，从而减少蚊子的数量。据报道在巴西和一些其它国家，Oxitec的试验获得巨大成功。
Some residents worry the modified mosquitoes aren't safe. And while Zika is in Florida, there haven't been any locally transmitted cases in the Keys.
一些居民担心改良的蚊子不安全。虽然佛罗里达州发现过塞卡，但群岛没有任何本地传播病例。
Still, officials in the area have given the go-ahead to try the bugs out in some parts of the Keys.
不过，该地区的官员已经在佛罗里达群岛一些地方尝试释放蚊子。
A Key West commissioner said a big part of her job "is to kill mosquitoes and to protect the residents and the county."
基韦斯特的一名专员表示，她工作的很大部分是“杀死蚊子，并保护居民和县区”。
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词汇解析
1、release
释放;放出
He was released from custody the next day.
第二天他被从拘留所里放了出来。
He is expected to be released from hospital today.
他有望今天出院。
使免除;使免于
Divorce releases both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other.
离婚解除了夫妻双方相互之间所有的婚姻义务。
This releases the teacher to work with individuals who are having extreme difficulty.
这使得教师可以专门辅导学习特别吃力的学生。
发泄，释放(情感);展示(能力)
Becoming your own person releases your creativity.
保持自己的本色才有助于发挥自身创造力。
I personally don't want to release my anger on anyone else.
我个人并不想把自己的愤怒发泄在别人身上。
2、transmit
传送;传递;播送
The game was transmitted live in Spain and Italy.
这场比赛在西班牙和意大利进行了现场直播。
The information is electronically transmitted to schools and colleges
信息通过电子方式传送到各所学校和学院。
传播，传染(疾病)
mosquitoes that transmit disease to humans.
传染疾病给人类的蚊子
There was no danger of transmitting the infection through operations.
不存在通过手术传播这种传染病的风险。
传达，传输(思想、感情)
The message they are transmitting to their daughters is very different from that of previous generations
他们向女儿传输的信息与上几代人截然不同。
He transmitted his keen enjoyment of singing to the audience.
他把自己对演唱的激情投入传递给了观众。
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