epidemic 详细解释

epidemic

[.epi'demik]

n.流行病, 传染病
adj.流行的, 传染性的

a.

1. 流行性, 传染的

2. (风尚等)极为流行的

Buying goods on the installment plan has become epidemic in recent years.

近几年来, 用分期付款的办法购物十分流行。

n.[C]

1. 流行病, 时疫

2. (流行病的)传播

an epidemic of hepatitis

肝炎的流行

3. (风尚等的)流行

词形变化

副词: epidemically | 异体字: epidemical |

词义辨析

同义:

a.传染性的; 流行的

widespread  prevalent  contagious  infectious  catching  

同义参见:

pestilence  plague  

英英释义

名词 epidemic:

a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

形容词 epidemic:

(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

补充

epidemicepidemic英:[ˌepiˈdemik] 美:[ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk]n.1.流行病The Sanitary Board tries to stamp out the epidemic.卫生局试图消灭这种流行病。

例句

1. There was an epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia.费城正流行黄热病。 2. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.一场流感正席卷莫斯科。 3. an epidemic of serial killings连环凶杀现象的猖獗 4. an epidemic of strikes罢工的盛行 5. an outbreak of the disease of epidemic proportions流行病的爆发 6. By the 1960s heart disease, cancer, and diabetes had reached epidemic proportions.截至20世纪60年代, 心脏病、癌症和糖尿病已经成为流行病。 7. Ireland is facing an alcohol problem of epidemic proportions.爱尔兰正面临泛滥成灾的酗酒问题。 8. Street crime in London is reaching epidemic proportions.伦敦的街头犯罪正日益泛滥。 9. a flu epidemic.流感的流行。 10. an epidemic of violent crime.暴力犯罪的猖獗。 11. shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions.进商店行窃已极为猖獗。 12. a flu epidemic流感 13. the AIDS epidemic艾滋病的流行 14. a crime epidemic犯罪的泛滥 15. an epidemic of bankruptcies破产的蔓延 16. an epidemic disease流行性疾病 17. The violence has now reached epidemic proportions.暴力现已到了泛滥的程度。

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