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

• 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。
• He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
  有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。
• 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。
• A pestilence was raging in this area.
  鼠疫正在这一地区流行。
• 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。
• Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
  那一地区瘟疫泛滥。
• A pestilence overhangs the country.
  瘟疫威胁着那个国家。
• 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。
• 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。