The authors documented an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000 instances of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks caused by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt.
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The advantages, not surprisingly, were greater for African Americans, who are more likely to develop high blood pressure than other ethnic groups, and for the elderly, since blood vessels stiffen with age, which can lead to higher blood pressure.
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They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure.
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血；血液
Blood is the red liquid that flows inside your body, which you can see if you cut yourself.
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血統；出身；門第；家世
You can use blood to refer to the race or social class of someone's parents or ancestors.
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There was Greek blood in his veins...
他有希臘血統。
He was of noble blood, and an officer.
他出身貴族，是一名軍官。
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仇恨；憎惡感；厭惡感
If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
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There is, it seems, some bad blood between Mills and the Baldwins.
米爾斯和鮑德溫一家人好像有些不和。
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要求懲罰；要求嚴懲
If you say that people are baying for blood, you mean that they are demanding that someone should be hurt or punished.
例句
And so what will he say to those who have been baying for his blood?
那么，他又會對那些一直強烈要求制裁他的人說些什么呢？
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出身高貴；名門出身
If you say that someone has blue blood, you mean that they are from a family that has a high social rank.
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使怒不可遏；使怒火中燒
If you say that something makes your blood boil, you are emphasizing that it makes you very angry.
例句
It makes my blood boil to think two thugs decided to pick on an innocent young girl.
一想到兩個暴徒要欺負一個天真的小姑娘，我就滿腔怒火。
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冷酷無情地；冷血地；殘忍地
If something violent and cruel is done in cold blood, it is done deliberately and in an unemotional way.
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The crime had been committed in cold blood.
這一罪行極為殘忍。
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使人不寒而栗；令人毛骨悚然
If you say that something makes your blood run cold or makes your blood freeze, you mean that it makes you feel very frightened.
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The rage in his eyes made her blood run cold...
他眼中的怒火嚇得她汗毛倒豎。
He could hear a sudden roaring. His blood froze.
他聽到突如其來的一聲吼叫，嚇得魂不附體。
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手上沾了…的血；對…的死難辭其咎
If you say that someone has a person's blood on their hands, you mean that they are responsible for that person's death.
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He has my son's blood on his hands. I hope it haunts him for the rest of his days.
他手上沾了我兒子的血。我咒他余生不得安寧。
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天生的；遺傳的；生來就有的
If a quality or talent is in your blood, it is part of your nature, and other members of your family have it too.
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Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords...
他天生擅長交際：他的祖先曾是封建領主。
He has adventure in his blood.
他天生具備冒險基因。
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新鮮血液；新生力量；新成員
You can use the expressions new blood ,fresh blood, or young blood to refer to people who are brought into an organization to improve it by thinking of new ideas or new ways of doing things.
例句
There's been a major reshuffle of the cabinet to bring in new blood...
內閣進行了重大改組，吸收了一些新鮮血液。
The England selectors must start introducing young blood.
英格蘭隊的人才選拔委員會必須著手引入一些新生力量。
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向石取血，緣木求魚（比喻很難辦到或徒勞無功）
If you say that doing something such as getting information or persuading someone to talk to you is like getting blood out of a stone or getting blood from a stone, you are emphasizing that it is very difficult and that people are not being very helpful. In American English, you can also say that it is like getting blood out of a turnip .
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竭盡全力；嘔心瀝血
If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it.
例句
I had to sweat blood for an M.A.
我得拼命爭取獲得碩士學位。
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取得初步勝利；最先占上風
If you say that someone draws first blood, you mean that they have had a success at the beginning of a competition or conflict.
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The home side drew first blood with a penalty from Murray Strang.
主場球隊依靠默里·斯特朗的罰球而旗開得勝。
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血汗；艱苦的努力
If you refer to something as involving blood, sweat, and tears, you mean that it is a very hard thing to do and requires a lot of effort.
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Why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat, tears and heartache involved in getting a PhD?
為什么那些看起來神志正常的人會拼了命地要拿到一個博士學位？
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血濃于水；家人總比外人親
People say 'blood is thicker than water' when they mean that their loyalty to their family is greater than their loyalty to anyone else.
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Families have their problems and jealousies, but blood is thicker than water.
家家有本難念的經，也都難免互生嫉妒，但總歸血濃于水。