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

• People were forced to leave their homes because of famine and pestilence.
  人们因饥荒和瘟疫被迫离开家园。
• And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
  我必使刀剑，饥荒，瘟疫临到他们，直到他们从我所赐给他们和他们列祖之地灭绝。
• 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。
• 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。
• In China itself storms, floods and earthquakes brought pestilence and suffering.
  在中国本土，暴雨、洪水和地震带来了瘟疫和苦难。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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 that area.
  瘟疫正在那一地区流行。
• 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。