2024-08-19

Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. #anki

• ultimate /ˈʌltɪmət/ adj. 最终的，最后的；基本的，根本的
• stakeholder /ˈsteɪkhəʊldə(r)/ n. 利益相关者；有发言权的人，参与人
• personality /ˌpɜːsəˈnæləti/ n. 名人；个性，性格；特色

翻译：最后，由于最终的利益相关者是患者，所以医疗研究界不仅应该积极招募像史蒂芬·库珀这样敢于陈述动物实验价值的知名人士来支持自己的事业，还应该争取所有接受医疗的人（的支持）。

简化：Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment.

If railroads charged all customers the same average rate, they argue, shippers who have the option of switching to trucks or other forms of transportation would do so, leaving remaining customers to shoulder the cost of keeping up the line. #anki

• shoulder /ˈʃəʊldə(r)/ v. 承担，肩负，扛起 n. 肩部，肩膀

翻译：他们认为，如果铁路公司收取所有客户相同的平均费率，那么可以选择改用公路运输或其他运输方式的托运商就会这样做，使剩下的客户（托运商）承担维持铁路运营的成本。

简化：If railroads charged all customers the same average rate, they argue, shippers who have the option of switching to trucks or other forms of transportation would do so, leaving remaining customers to shoulder the cost of keeping up the line.

It’s a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail. #anki

• economist /ɪˈkɒnəmɪst/ n. 经济学家
• subscribe /səbˈskraɪb/ v. 同意，赞成；订购，认同
• flourish/ˈflʌrɪʃ/ v. 繁荣，兴旺
• leaves n.（leaf 的复数）树叶、花瓣 v. (leave 的复数) 离开、遗弃。

翻译：这是许多经济学家都赞同的理论，但在实践中它（该理论）常常使得铁路公司处于决定哪家公司盈利和哪家公司亏损的地位。

简化：It’s a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.