瘟疫
noun
plague 瘟疫,疫病
pandemic 流行病,大流行病,瘟疫
pestilence 瘟疫
瘟疫
艾滋病瘟疫the AIDS pandemic
天降瘟疫a visitation of plague
人们经常祈求圣女日南斐法来消除瘟疫。St. Genevieve is often invoked against plagues.
瘟疫和饥荒造成的人口水平下降drops in population levels due to plagues and famines
瘟疫再次爆发,是那个世纪的第三次了。The plague struck again for the third time that century.
然而有件咄咄怪事:过去一阵子,泛滥在各大媒体上的不是「瘟疫」,却是「疫情」!
北外汉英以及衍生词典都正确地指出,「疫情」的英文是「information about and appraisal of an epidemic; epidemic situation」,情 = situation。
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疫情
当时霍乱疫情已在夺去很多战俘的生命。A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.
卫生官员成功地将疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area...
中世纪时,庄稼连年歉收后总会出现严重的疫情。In the Middle Ages, years of crop failure were always followed by terrible disease.
我们面临的疫情规模在本世纪尚属空前。We are dealing with an epidemic the likes of which we have never seen in this century.