空气中的微粒可以引发癌症。

Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 空气 kōngqì
  1. air
  2. atmosphere
2 中的 zhòngdì
  1. to hit the target
  2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head
3 微粒 wēilì
  1. speck
  2. particle
4 可以 kěyǐ
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
5 引发 yǐnfā
  1. to lead to
  2. to trigger
  3. to initiate
  4. to cause
  5. to evoke (emotions)
=6 癌症 áizhèng cancer
=6 癌症 áizhēng Alternative term for 癌症 (áizhèng, “cancer”).