organ transplants (장기 이식) // a kidney[heart, liver] transplant


organ donation (장기 기증)  // volunteer organs = donated organs


organs for sale[매매 장기] 


He is desperate for a transplant.

(이식이 절실하다.)


organ recipients (장기를 받는 사람)


an opt-in system

미리 장기 기증을 하겠다고 말한 사람만 장기 기증하기 


vs an opt-out system

장기 기증을 안 하겠다고 한 사람만 장기 기증을 안 하게 함.


people waiting for a transplant = 

people on the waiting list for organ transplants. (장기 이식 대기자)


Less than 10 kidney transplants are performed a year.

(10건 미만의 신장 이식이 시술된다.)


the sale of human organs for transplants. (장기매매)


traffic (n.) Look up traffic at Dictionary.com
c. 1500, "trade, commerce," from Middle French trafique (15c.), from Italian traffico (14c.), from trafficare"carry on trade," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *transfricare "to rub across," from Latintrans- "across" (see trans-) + fricare "to rub" (see friction), with the original sense of the Italian verb being "touch repeatedly, handle." 

Or the second element may be an unexplained alteration of Latin facere "to make, do." Klein suggests ultimate derivation of the Italian word from Arabic tafriq "distribution." Meaning "people and vehicles coming and going" first recorded 1825. Traffic jam is 1917, ousting earlier traffic block (1895). Traffic circleis from 1938.

friction (n.) Look up friction at Dictionary.com
1560s, "a chafing, rubbing," from Middle French friction (16c.) and directly from Latin frictionem(nominative frictio) "a rubbing, rubbing down," noun of action from past participle stem of fricare "to rub, rub down," which is of uncertain origin. Watkins suggests possibly from PIE root *bhreie- "to rub, break." Sense of "resistance to motion" is from 1722; figurative sense of "disagreement, clash, lack of harmony, mutual irritation" first recorded 1761. Related: Frictional.


traffic (v.) Look up traffic at Dictionary.com
1540s, "to buy and sell," from traffic (n.) and preserving the original commercial sense. Related:Traffickedtraffickingtrafficker. The -k- is inserted to preserve the "k" sound of -c- before a suffix beginning in -i--y-, or -e- (compare picnic/picnickingpanic/panickyshellacshellacked).


trafficking in human organs

(traffic in: ~를 밀매하다.)


The organs are stripped(harvested) = 장기를 적출하다.


broker illegal transactions (불법 장기매매를 알선하다)


lubricate (v.) Look up lubricate at Dictionary.com
1620s, "to make slippery or smooth" (especially by the application of an oil), from Latin lubricatus, past participle of lubricare "to make slippery or smooth," from lubricus "slippery" (see lubricant (adj.)). Related: Lubricatedlubricating. Earlier verb was lubrify (1610s), from Medieval Latin lubrificare.
lubricant (adj.) Look up lubricant at Dictionary.com
"reducing friction," 1809, from Latin lubricantem (nominative lubricans), present participle of lubricare"to make slippery or smooth," from lubricus "slippery; easily moved, sliding, gliding;" figuratively "uncertain, hazardous, dangerous; seductive," from PIE *sleubh- "to slip, slide" (see sleeve).


  Money helps lubricate the process.

  (급행료가 통하다, 돈으로 기름칠하다)


Hundreds or even thousands of people whose lives could be extended through transplants lose the opportunity for want of available organs.(가용 장기의 부족으로)


The project failed for want of financial backing.

그 프로젝트는 재정 지원 부족으로 실패했다.

We call our music postmodern' for the want of a better word.

우리는 우리 음악을 더 나은 말이 없어서 ‘포스트모던'이라고 칭한다.



if you say that you are using a particular word for want of a better word, you mean that it is not quite exact or suitable but there is no better one 

They have problems, which, for want of better word, we call psychological.



The new product will be available next year.


(신제품이 내년에 시장에 출시된다.)



The number of available organs is not keeping up fast enough.


(가용장기의 수가 (수요를) 따라잡지 못하고 있는 셈이다.)




scour (v.1) Look up scour at Dictionary.com
"cleanse by hard rubbing," c. 1200, from Middle Dutch scurenschuren "to polish, to clean," and from Old French escurer, both from Late Latin excurare "clean off," literally "take good care of," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + curare "care for, take care of" (see cure (v.)). Possibly originally a technical term among Flemish workmen in England. Related: Scouredscouring. As a noun, 1610s, from the verb.
scour (v.2) Look up scour at Dictionary.com
"move quickly in search of something," c. 1300, probably from Old Norse skyra "rush in," related to skur"storm, shower, shower of missiles" (see shower (n.)). Perhaps influenced by or blended with Old Frenchescorre "to run out," from Latin excurrere (see excursion). Sense probably influenced by scour (v.1).



  • [VERB] If you scour something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
  • Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles

    We scoured the telephone directory for clues.

  • [VERB] If you scour something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.
  • He decided to scour the sink.



procure (v.) Look up procure at Dictionary.com
c. 1300, "bring about, cause, effect," from Old French procurer "care for, be occupied with; bring about, cause; acquire, provide" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin procurare "manage, take care of;" from pro- "in behalf of" (see pro-) + curare "care for" (see cure (v.)). Main modern sense "obtain; recruit" (late 14c.) is via "take pains to get" (mid-14c.). Meaning "to obtain (women) for sexual gratification" is attested from c. 1600. Related: Procuredprocuring.


 to get (something) by some action or effort

: to find or provide (a prostitute) for someone


  1. She managed to procure a ticket to the concert.
  2. The CIA believes the group is procuring weapons.
  3. They still need to procure a marriage license.
  4. He was charged with illegally procuring young women for wealthy clients.
  5. It was at that encounter in Pakistan that Faris was put in charge of procuring acetylene torches to slice suspension cables, as well as torque tools to bend portions of train track. —Daniel Eisenberg,Time, 30 June 2003



No wonder people scour the globe to procure the organs they or their loved ones need.



the benefits organ donations can bring about:

(장기 기증이 가지고 올 유익들)



concert (n.) Look up concert at Dictionary.com
1660s, "agreement, accord, harmony," from French concert (16c.), from Italian concerto "concert, harmony," from concertare "bring into agreement," in Latin "to contend, contest, dispute," from com-"with" (see com-) + certare "to contend, strive," frequentative of certus, variant past participle of cernere"separate, decide" (see crisis). 

Before the word entered English, meaning shifted from "to strive against" to "to strive alongside." Sense of "public musical performance" is 1680s. But Klein considers this too much of a stretch and suggests Latinconcentare "to sing together" (from con- + cantare "to sing") as the source of the Italian word in the musical sense.



Now is the time for the government and the public to make a concerted effort to save lives.


(이제 정부와 국민이(민관)이 생명을 구하기 위해 협력해야 할 때가 되었다.)










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