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
• 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

• Floods, droughts, famine, war, pestilence, plagues, and economic booms and busts are familiar companions in the up-and-down cycle of human history.
  在人类历史上起伏不断的周期中，水灾、干旱、饥荒、战争、流行病、瘟疫以及经济繁荣和崩溃都是人们熟悉的现象。
• He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
  有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。
• Some Africans are suffering from famine, pestilence and other evils.
  有些非洲人正在承受着饥荒、疫病及其他不幸。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit AS a pest to Australia acquired this man-made diseASe AS a pestilence.
  具有讽刺意味的是，欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传到澳洲，后来欧洲却从澳洲染上了这一被视为瘟疫的人造疾病。
• There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
  那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。
• They are craze by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
  他们因那年严冬的饥馑与瘟疫而发狂。
• A pestilence was raging in that area.
  瘟疫正在那一地区流行。
• No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
  以往的瘟疫从没象这次那么可怖，那么骇人听闻。