epidemic

epidemic音标

英 [ˌepɪˈdemɪk]

美 [ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk]

epidemic基本释义

n.流行病；传染病

adj.流行的；传染性的

epidemic用法及例句

n.(名词)

流行病

流行

传播

时疫

蔓延

传染病

流行的事物

泛滥

迅速传插

一时流行

风行

adj.(形容词)

传染的

极为流行的

流行的

传染性的

流行性的

n.(名词)

[C]流行病 a large number of the same infectious diseases during a single period of time

noun

1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious diseasemany people are infected at the same time

adj

1. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a diseaseattacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

e.g. an epidemic outbreak of influenza

1. （疾病的）流行，传播If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas.

e.g. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.一场流感正席卷莫斯科。e.g. ...a killer epidemic of yellow fever.致命的黄热病的流行

2. （坏事的）盛行，泛滥，猖獗If an activity that you disapprove of is increasing or spreading rapidly, you can refer to this as an epidemic of that activity.

epidemic

e.g. ...an epidemic of serial killings...连环杀人现象的猖獗e.g. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.禁*专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的*面。

1. epidemic的解释

1. 流行：(二)流行 流行(epidemic)是指一个地区某病发病率明显超过历年的散发发病率水平称为流行. 流行与散发是相对的,各地应根据不同时期、不同病种等作出判断.有时在实际工作中作用暴(或爆)发(性)流行一词. 它表示在一个地区某病病例突然大量增多,

2. 流行性：一个传染病,不论它的杀伤力如何,都会经过三个阶段:零散性(sporadic)、流行性(epidemic)和地方性(endemic). 一个零散性的感染是断断续续、零零星星地出现,会在没有扩散以前就消失掉,也可能进一步发展到第二阶段的流行性.

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

The Sanitary Board tries to stamp out the epidemic.卫生*试图消灭这种流行病。

There has recently been an epidemic of car stealing.汽车被盗案件近来频繁发生。

用作名词 (n.)

control an epidemic控制流行病

touch off an epidemic引发流行病

an epidemic of盛行…

One rickettsial disease, epidemic typhus, has been for centuries a great scourge of mankind.

出自：Scientific American

词语用法

词源解说

n.(名词)

epidemic的基本意思是“流行病”,可用来比喻某一事件或现象像流行病一样广为“流传,盛行”,常用于“an epidemic of sth”结构中。

☆ 1600年左右进入英语，直接源自法语的epidemique，意为在人们中间流行的。

近义词

反义词

临近词

rife非常多的

sweeping扫除

contagion传染病

endemic风土的

rampant猖獗的

scourge灾难

prevalent流行的

wide-ranging广泛的

catching易传染的

outbreak爆发

plague瘟疫

infectious传染的

contagious传染性的

rash疹子

craze狂热

spate泛滥

widespread分布(或散布)广的...

pestilence瘟疫

wave波浪

endemic风土的

ecdemic外地的

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相关列句

A new epidemic called SARS is threatening us right now.(一种叫做SARS的新流行病正威胁着我们。)

Vaccine supplies started to run dry as the flu outbreak reached epidemic proportions.(由于流感爆发已大肆流行，疫苗供应开始消耗殆尽。)

Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.(现如今，这种乌托邦空想已经过时了，我们对所面临的威胁有了更深刻的认识，从彗星撞击到流行感冒，再到气候变化。)

The epidemic still continues.(这种传染病仍然还在持续。)

That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.(那种传染病早已绝迹。)

Hospitals were already fully extended because of the epidemic.(这场流行病已使各医院以*大负荷运转。)

These people are part of what is without exaggeration an epidemic of obesity.(这些人无疑是肥胖流行的一部分。)

In 1845, the first silkworm diseases began to emerge and caused an epidemic.(1845年，首批桑蚕疾病开始出现，并引起了一次流行。)

A flu epidemic raged through Europe.(流感在整个欧洲肆虐。)

With no known vaccination or cure available, it seems only a matter of time until another epidemic erupts.(由于目前还没有已知的疫苗或治疗方法，下一次疫情爆发似乎只是时间问题。)