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

• 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。
• A pestilence overhangs the country.
  瘟疫威胁着那个国家。
• 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。
• Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
  那一地区瘟疫泛滥。
• There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
  那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。
• 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；
• He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
  有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。
• And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
  6又要击打这城的居民，连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。
• 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。
• 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。