单词：epidemic
a. 流行的, 传染性的
a. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
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epidemic的用法和样例：
例句
- A flu epidemic raged through the school for weeks.流感在这所学校里蔓延了几个星期。
- The small town was suddenly struck by an epidemic.小镇突然遭到传染病的袭击。
- Violence is reaching epidemic levels.暴力达到了流行的程度。
- The corruption has become epidemic in the society.这种腐化已成为社会上的一种歪风。
- Summer has a high incidence of epidemic diseases.夏天是传染病的高发季节。
常见句型
- The Sanitary Board tries to stamp out the epidemic.卫生局试图消灭这种流行病。
- There has recently been an epidemic of car stealing.汽车被盗案件近来频繁发生。
词汇搭配
- control an epidemic控制流行病
- touch off an epidemic引发流行病
- an epidemic of盛行…
经典引文
One rickettsial disease, epidemic typhus, has been for centuries a great scourge of mankind.
出自：Scientific American
- widespread分布(或散布)广的...
- prevalent流行的
- plague瘟疫
- contagious传染性的
- infectious传染的
- catching易传染的
- outbreak爆发
- endemic风土的
- scourge灾难
- contagion传染病
- spate泛滥
- wave波浪
- rash疹子
- craze狂热
- pestilence瘟疫
- wide-ranging广泛的
- rampant猖獗的
- sweeping扫除
- rife非常多的
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