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

• 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。
• There is the source of the recurring pestilence.
  那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。
• A pestilence was raging in this area.
  鼠疫正在这一地区流行。
• Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
  3他必救你脱离捕鸟人的网罗，和毒害的瘟疫。
• 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。
• 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。
• He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
  有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。
• 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。
• None so self-devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.
  在镇上蔓延瘟疫的时候，谁也没有海丝特那样忘我地献身。
• Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
  在他前面有瘟疫流行，在他脚下有热症发出。