1. suffer from 患有某种疾病
Roughly 50 million people in the United States suffer from hypertension, and the number is increasing.
报道说，美国大约有5000万人患有高血压症，而且患病人数还呈逐年上升趋势-]A%iqNjaMofg。

2. a disproportionate number of 太大/小；太多/少；不成比例的
For some unknown reason, a disproportionate number of fathers over the age of fifty have a PhD.
不知为什么，他们中间50岁以上的父亲大部分都有博士学位T1*eEZK0KoQQ8H=h)。

3. be scheduled to 预定；计划
A great number of the body's events are scheduled to occur at a certain time of day.
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4. plagued by 饱受……折磨
After a career plagued by major foot injuries, Ilgauskas had the surgery to reshape his foot in 2000 and was out for a year.
由于饱受脚步伤病的折磨，伊尔戈斯卡斯在2000年接受了脚部整形手术，为此退赛了一年之久VUTsq![m,~c77*。