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social distancing noun[ U ] uk /ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈdɪs.təns.ɪŋ/ us /ˌsoʊ.ʃəl ˈdɪs.təns.ɪŋ/ the practice of keeping away from other people as much as possible, or of keeping a certain distance from other people, in order to stop a disease from spreading to a lot of people: 保持社交距离 To slow the transmission, social distancing might be useful.为了减缓传播速度,保持社交距离可能有用。 The cities that instigated early social distancing measures did better.那些启动保持社交距离措施较早的城市情况更好。 WHO has drawn up a list of 140 possible interventions, such as social distancing, entry screening, and exit screening. The number of cases could be reduced until a vaccine were available, if we were able to achieve this amount of social distancing. The various measures of social distancing - reducing use of mass transit, closing schools, canceling public gatherings and isolating the sick - were examples of measures that in combination can reduce risk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Medicines & drugs: preventing infection anti-AIDS anti-bac anti-plague anti-rabies antibacterial antimicrobial antiseptic biosecure biosecurity boost cauterization containment rubbing alcohol scrub up shield shielding sterility surgical spirit swab unexposed |