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pestilence

英 [ˈpestɪləns]

美 [ˈpestɪləns]

n.  瘟疫

复数:pestilences 

TOEFL医学

BNC.24980 / COCA.23924

牛津词典

    noun

    • 瘟疫
      any infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people

      柯林斯词典

      • 瘟疫
        Pestilenceis any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.

        英英释义

        noun

        • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
          1. racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
          2. according to him, I was the canker in their midst
          Synonym:canker
        • any epidemic disease with a high death rate
            Synonym:plaguepest
          1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
              Synonym:plaguepestpestis

            双语例句

            • So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee.
              又要使饥荒和恶兽到你那里,叫你丧子,瘟疫和流血的事也必盛行在你那里;我也要使刀剑临到你。
            • A pestilence overhangs the country.
              瘟疫威胁着那个国家。
            • Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit AS a pest to Australia acquired this man-made diseASe AS a pestilence.
              具有讽刺意味的是,欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传到澳洲,后来欧洲却从澳洲染上了这一被视为瘟疫的人造疾病。
            • By this theory, the effect of pestilence is neglected and the Black Death is recognized as a kind of Necessary event.
              在这种理论中,瘟疫作为一种必然性的事件,其作用被淡化。
            • None so self-devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.
              在镇上蔓延瘟疫的时候,谁也没有海丝特那样忘我地献身。
            • Floods, droughts, famine, war, pestilence, plagues, and economic booms and busts are familiar companions in the up-and-down cycle of human history.
              在人类历史上起伏不断的周期中,水灾、干旱、饥荒、战争、流行病、瘟疫以及经济繁荣和崩溃都是人们熟悉的现象。
            • In China itself storms, floods and earthquakes brought pestilence and suffering.
              在中国本土,暴雨、洪水和地震带来了瘟疫和苦难。
            • And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
              我必使刀剑,饥荒,瘟疫临到他们,直到他们从我所赐给他们和他们列祖之地灭绝。
            • He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
              有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。
            • They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
              他们被那年严冬的饥荒与瘟疫逼疯了。