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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

            • There is hunger in all the flood-hit areas. Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
              洪水泛滥地区到处都出现了饥荒。那一地区瘟疫泛滥。
            • 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。
            • Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
              3他必救你脱离捕鸟人的网罗,和毒害的瘟疫。
            • It is a garment born out of revolution, warfare and pestilence.
              西服是随革命、战争和瘟疫因运而生的。
            • For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets;
              我必使瘟疫进入西顿,使血流在他街上。
            • 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。
            • Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
              你和你的百姓为何要因刀剑,饥荒,瘟疫死亡,正如耶和华论到不服事巴比伦王的那国说的话呢。
            • Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
              那一地区瘟疫泛滥。
            • And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
              6又要击打这城的居民,连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。
            • Scourge: A source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
              灾难,灾祸:涉及面广的令人害怕的苦难和破坏的根源,例如由瘟疫或战争引起的。