epidemic
n. 流行病; 泛滥,猖獗
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.
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
If an activity that you disapprove of is increasing or spreading rapidly, you can refer to this as an epidemic of that activity.
...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。
1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
1. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously;
The World Health Organisation ( WHO ) calls it an " epidemic ".
世界卫生组织称车祸为 “ 流行病 ”.
The epidemic nearly dispeopled the city.
这场传染病几于城市成为空城.
The epidemic tends to spread from the south to the north.
这项流行性疾病的趋势是从南向北扩散.
Therefore, the AIDS epidemic the country, economic output and national income decline sharply.
因此, 在艾滋病肆虐的国家, 经济总量和国民收入大幅滑坡.
Also they put some medicines against an influenza epidemic in an envelope.
他们还在一个信封里放了一些防止一种流行性感冒的药品.
adj. 传染性的;流行的
prevalentinfectiouscontagiouscatchingwidespread
其他释义
pestilencewidespreadprevalentplaguecontagiouscatchinginfectious