epidemics

英 [ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪks]

美 [ˌɛpəˈdɛmɪks]

n.  流行病; (迅速的)泛滥，蔓延
epidemic的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （疾病的）流行，传播
  If there is anepidemic ofa particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas.
  1. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.
     一场流感正席卷莫斯科。
  2. ...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 anepidemic ofthat activity.
  1. ...an epidemic of serial killings...
     连环杀人现象的猖獗
  2. 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。

双语例句

• There is also a potential for epizootics and associated human epidemics to spread to areas that were previously unaffected.
  家畜流行病和相关的人类流行病也有可能传播到之前未受影响的地区。
• Now that the epidemics which water-borne diseases can cause are understood, water supplies are organized to prevent them.
  既然已经了解到水传播的疾病能引起流行病，人们就组织好供水的工作以防止流行病的发生。
• Frequent virus variation is the major cause of influenza epidemics.
  摘要流感病毒的不断变异是造成流感经常流行的主要原因。
• This increases the risk of dengue haemorrhagic fever epidemics by introducing new dengue viruses into susceptible populations.
  通过将新的登革病毒传入易感人群增加了登革出血热流行的危险。
• Influenza epidemics occur yearly during autumn and winter in temperate regions.
  在温带地区的秋季和冬季期间，每年发生流感流行。
• Meningitis epidemics in the African meningitis belt constitute an enormous public health burden.
  非洲脑膜炎带发生的脑膜炎流行带来了十分巨大的公共卫生负担。
• In some areas death rates have actually risen as a result of extreme poverty and epidemics.
  在某些地区，由于极端贫困和流行病，死亡率实际上已经上升。
• Such sensitization has been observed in the course of sequential dengue epidemics by different virus strains in cuba.
  在古巴，不同病毒株引起的一系列登革热流行过程中已经观察到这种致敏作用。
• The vaccine is designed to prevent periodic epidemics of the deadly disease in these countries.
  该疫苗旨在预防这种致命疾病在这些国家中周期性的流行。
• Epidemics and pandemics are like earthquakes. Tragic, inevitable and unpredictable.
  流行病和流行病疫情就像地震一样：悲惨、不可避免而且不可预测。