vaccination

英 [,væksɪ'neɪʃən] 美 [,væksn'eʃən]

vaccination (n.): 1800, used by British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) for the technique he devised of preventing smallpox by injecting people with the cowpox virus (variolae vaccinae), from vaccine (adj.) "pertaining to cows, from cows" (1798), from Latin vaccinus "from cows," from vacca "cow" (Latin bos "cow" being originally "ox," "a loan word from a rural dialect" according to Buck, who cites Umbrian bue). "The use of the term for diseases other than smallpox is due to Pasteur" [OED].

1. Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination.: 父母太过害怕，不敢带孩子去接种疫苗。

2. Vaccination and other prophylactic measures can be carried out.: 可以采取疫苗接种和其他预防措施。

3. Anyone who wants to avoid the flu should consider getting a vaccination.: 如果不想得流感，就该考虑接种疫苗。