the March of Dimes
/ðə ˌmɑːtʃ əv ˈdaɪmz/
/ðə ˌmɑːrtʃ əv ˈdaɪmz/
- a US charity that works to prevent the deaths of babies, to help young children born with physical problems, and to improve the health of mothers and babies. Its full name is the March of Dimes Foundation. President Franklin D Roosevelt, who had polio (= a serious disease of the nervous system), started the charity in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Among other activities it supported the research work which developed the Salk vaccine.
迪姆斯游行：一家美国慈善机构，致力于防止婴儿死亡，帮助身体有问题的幼儿并改善母亲和婴儿的健康。它的全称是Dimes基金会进行曲。患有小儿麻痹症（一种严重的神经系统疾病）的总统富兰克林·罗斯福（Franklin D Roosevelt）于1938年成立了该慈善机构，成为国家小儿麻痹基金会。除其他活动外，它还支持开发Salk疫苗的研究工作。