epidemic是什么意思？

epidemic

英[ˌepɪˈdemɪk] 美[ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk]

• n. 流行病，迅速的传播、生长或发展，风尚等的流行；
• adj. 流行性的，极为盛行的；

复数：epidemics;

例句

• In a worst-case scenario, the disease will reach epidemic proportions. 最坏的情况是这种病流行开来。
• This was a light epidemic of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia. 这是轻度流感, 只要当心不引起肺炎, 就无危险。
• a worldwide epidemic. 遍及世界的传染病。
• The authorities tried to localize the epidemic. 当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
• to delimit the epidemic area and the protection area 划定疫区和保护区
• Organizers warn of a diabetes epidemic affecting two hundred forty - six million people worldwide. 组织者警示糖尿病越来越流行,影响着全球 二千四百六十 万人的健康.
• There is abundant academic thinking and methods of truncating and reversing acute epidemic febrile diseases. 《温疫论》含有丰富的运用截断扭转法治疗温病的学术思想和方法.
• The disease recurs in epidemic cycles at two - to three - year intervals . 本病流行周期为 2-3年.
• A typhus epidemic struck in the winter of 1919–20. 1919至1920年的冬天斑疹伤寒症流行.
• The epidemic epidemics usually stop when the summer rainingseason begins. 当夏季雨季到来的时候该传染病就会停止传播.

同义词

• adj.
  epidemic的同义词之：传染性的;流行的
  prevalent, infectious, contagious, catching, widespread,
• epidemic的同义词之：其他释义
  pestilence, widespread, prevalent, plague, contagious, catching, infectious,

英语六级真题

If the virus had been capable of spreading through the air, or if one infected person had unknowingly entered a large population center, Ebola might have become a worldwide epidemic.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
With no known vaccination or cure available, it seems only a matter of time until another epidemic erupts
出自-2013年6月听力原文
Another Ebola epidemic may erupt sooner or later.
出自-2013年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （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.
  例句
  A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow. 一场流感正席卷莫斯科。 ...a killer epidemic of yellow fever. 致命的黄热病的流行
• N-COUNT
  （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.
  例句
  ...an epidemic of serial killings... 连环杀人现象的猖獗 Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic. 禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。

英汉词典释义

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

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
• Adjective
  1. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously;
  "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

行业词典

• 体育： 流行性的；流行病；
  医学： 〔流行病〕流行，流行性的：突然发生的若干病例数，其发生率显然高于通常预期数；尤指传染病，但亦用于以突发形式发生的其他任何病伤或与健康有关的事项；
  旅游： 流行性；