| 词汇 | pestilence |
| 释义 | pestilence noun uk /ˈpes.tɪ.ləns/ us /ˈpes.təl.əns/ [ C or U ]formal any very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people瘟疫，疫病 [ S ] a serious and growing problem: 毒瘤，日益严重的问题 The report states that vandalism is a pestilence that must be stamped out.该报告说明，恶意破坏行为是一种毒瘤，必须铲除。 Fevers & infectious diseases afebrile ague anaplasmosis anti-malaria anti-malarial delirious EHF ehrlichiosis enteric fever Epstein-Barr virus EVD mumps rubella scarlet fever sleeping sickness staph staphylococcus Staphylococcus infection toxoplasmosis typhoid fever You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences pestilence | American Dictionarypestilence noun[ C/U ] fmlus/ˈpes·təl·əns/ a disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people Examples of pestilencepestilence Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. The enormity and constant observance of death during a time of pestilence indicates some explanation of late the medieval hedonism that occurs. She is propitiated especially at times of pestilence, when chickenpox and measles strike. Pollution and pestilence have broken out, contagion made more terrible by their sheer numbers overwhelms them. He asserted that famine, war and pestilence were positive ways of checking the growth in population, sweeping away excess peoples, and then maintaining a rough equilibrium between people and necessities. Had the countryside been left largely untouched by the pestilence, the rapid repopulation of affected cities would have been relatively unproblematic, and the long-term consequences of the disease accordingly slight. Although the island is "a great cemetery" lying "under the hot sun of the tropics", it is not the cesspool of pestilence and poison that it should be. The alternative is possible war, famine and pestilence. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Delays are one of the pestilences from which men suffer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Millions of people are condemned to an early death and pestilences and famines rage throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, the pestilences which devastate the land periodically can only be held in check by the vigilance, the energy and the resource of the officials concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be stirrings of nations and evil reports, pestilences, famines, and earth quakes in various places. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at allit is very tiresome. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I wanted to keep out pestilence, disease and that sort of thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the source of the recurring pestilence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pestilence 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. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。