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

• He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
  有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。
• A pestilence overhangs the country.
  瘟疫威胁着那个国家。
• The drought could result in the rising price of the grain and bring out the pestilence& plague of locusts.
  旱灾造成粮价上涨，还会诱发疫灾和蝗灾；
• 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。
• 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。
• They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
  他们被那年严冬的饥荒与瘟疫逼疯了。
• A pestilence was raging in this area.
  鼠疫正在这一地区流行。
• 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。
• The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease.
  重要的事情是，他们没有把你载到一个恐怖、险恶、污秽的地方，也不是到达瘟疫流行、饥荒、灾祸的地区。
• 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。