| 词汇 | outbreak |
| 释义 | outbreak noun[ C ] uk /ˈaʊt.breɪk/ us /ˈaʊt.breɪk/ C2 a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant: （尤指疾病、危险或不快之事的）发作，暴发，突然发生 an outbreak of cholera/food poisoning/rioting/war霍乱／食物中毒／骚乱／战争的暴发 Last weekend saw further thundery outbreaks.上周末仍然雷声不断。 the start of something beginningLet's go back to the beginning. Can you tell me when you arrived at the crime scene? startI didn't like him from the very start. endThis is it – the end of the tour. openingThe opening of the ceremony was marred by protest. commencementWhat is the commencement date of their contract? kick-offWhat time is the kick-off for the banquet and show? Beginnings and starts a baptism of/by fireidiom advent baptism beginning birth commencement inception initiation introduction jumping-off point kick off onset square starter starting point starting time the thin end of the wedgeidiom thin trigger zero hour You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Disease & illness - general words outbreak | American Dictionaryoutbreak noun[ C ] us/ˈɑʊtˌbreɪk/ a sudden appearance of something, esp. of a disease or something else dangerous or unpleasant: an outbreak of cholera the outbreak of war Examples of outbreakoutbreak First, before the outbreak, a large proportion of the population was susceptible because of the geographical characteristics of the health district. However, there are some things that are difficult to explain if we wish to argue that garlic caused this outbreak. The median time from onset of illness in the first patient until investigation of the outbreak was 27 days (range 0 -161). The source of the outbreak was traced to an untreated private water supply. It was therefore held that there were at least four primary outbreaks in the first fortnight - the index outbreak plus the three ' non-windborne ' outbreaks. This may explain the different dynamic of the outbreak that is typical for person-to-person transmission. However, mortality rates are still far from sufficient to keep host/prey populations under control and all investigated sites suffer from unabated outbreaks. Vagility of pest populations may result in difficulty predicting temporal and spatial pest outbreaks, and influence genetic resistance to chemical control. These outbreaks pose a significant threat to the general population. We describe the results of a case-control study and environmental investigation into the source and vehicle(s) responsible for this outbreak. Failure to adequately and consistently implement our earlier recommendations probably contributed to the second outbreak. This article advances an alternative to existing theories that explains the outbreak of this war by reference to both structural and organisational factors. In the described outbreak, contact investigations were extended to contacts at low risk of infection mainly because of public demand for testing. These networks are used to reveal trends in the evolution of different serotypes, monitor their antimicrobial susceptibility, detect outbreaks, and contribute to their investigation. From recognized outbreaks, all cases except one were excluded. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withoutbreakoutbreakThese are words often used in combination with outbreak. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. current outbreak However, in the current outbreak, contamination of food cannot be implicated. future outbreak The following is a discussion about possible transmission modes of the virus and recommendations for futureoutbreak control and prevention. initial outbreak Reporting the 1737 recurrence, the press contextualized it immediately against the initial outbreak of 1730, an indication of the indelible character of incendiarism on the city's collective memory. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with outbreak |
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