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

• In the first nine months of2008, North Kivu suffered three epidemics of cholera and measles.
  在2008年的前9个月，基伍北部出现了三次霍乱和麻疹流行疫情。
• 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。
• Epidemics are a kind of disease which are caused by the parasite, and can spread among a population.
  流行病是由寄生物所引起的，能在人群中相互传播的疾病。
• 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。
• Sanitary conditions in the camps are non-existent and cholera, typhoid and other epidemics could break out any day.
  军营里根本没有卫生条件，霍乱、伤寒和其他传染病随时可能爆发。
• During late fall and winter seasons, annual epidemics of influenza lead to high rates of hospitalizations and deaths.
  在晚秋和冬季，每年流行的感冒导致高住院率和死亡率。
• As the virus spread, it demonstrated epidemiological patterns not seen during seasonal epidemics of influenza.
  随着此新病毒的扩散，出现了在季节性流感疫情期间未见过的流行病学模式。
• 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。
• HIV is fuelling TB epidemics in many countries and multi-drug resistance is a growing threat.
  在许多国家，艾滋病毒加快了结核病流行，同时多药耐药性也日益成为一大威胁。
• 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。