摘要： Drones have stepped forward as efficient tools in promoting knowledge about preventing infection and taking up tasks including checking body temperatures an Drones have stepped forward as efficient tools in promoting knowledge about preventing infection and taking up tasks including checking body temperatures and spraying disinfectant amid the novel coronavirus epidemic in China.
在中国出现新型冠状病毒流行的情况下，无人机已经成为传播预防感染知识的有效工具，并承担了检查体温和喷洒消毒剂等任务。
A picture taken by Xinhua News Agency showed an operator using his drone to check the temperatures of residents in a community in Yichun, Jiangxi province, on Jan 29.
1月29日，新华社拍摄的一张照片显示，在江西省宜春市的一个社区，一名操作员正在用无人机测量居民的体温。
The drone, equipped with an infrared thermal imaging lens and a loudspeaker, can detect people with fever at a certain distance and broadcast messages about protective measures to residents, a Xinhua report said.
据新华社报道，该无人机配有红外热成像镜头和扬声器，可以在一定距离内探测到发烧的人，并向居民广播有关保护措施的信息。
That way, the spread of the virus could be thwarted, it said, since people did not need to be in close contact.
这样就可以阻止病毒的传播，因为人们不需要密切接触。
In other places, drones are being used to patrol villages and urban roads to check for any behavior that might contribute to the spread of the virus, such as people not wearing masks in public.
在其他地方，无人机被用来巡逻村庄和城市道路，检查任何可能导致病毒传播的行为，比如人们在公共场合不戴口罩。
1. /drəʊn/ [ usually sing. ] a continuous low noise 嗡嗡声;无人机
2. thwart v. /θwɔːt/ to prevent sb from doing what they want to do 阻止;阻挠;对…构成阻力
• to thwart sb's plans 阻挠某人的计划
• She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party. 她控制这个政党的企图受阻了。
