epidemic

noun

1. 流行病
   a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community
   1. the outbreak of a flu epidemic
      流感的爆发
   2. an epidemic of measles
      麻疹的流行
2. （迅速的）泛滥，蔓延
   a sudden rapid increase in how often sth bad happens
   1. an epidemic of crime in the inner cities
      市内中心区犯罪活动盛行

1. N-COUNT （疾病的）流行，传播
   If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas.
   1. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.
      一场流感正席卷莫斯科。
   2. ...a killer epidemic of yellow fever.
      致命的黄热病的流行
2. N-COUNT （坏事的）盛行，泛滥，猖獗
   If an activity that you disapprove of is increasing or spreading rapidly, you can refer to this as an epidemic of that activity.
   1. ...an epidemic of serial killings...
      连环杀人现象的猖獗
   2. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.
      禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。

1. Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area
   卫生官员成功地将疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。
2. They estimated that between 17,000 and 20,000 cows would die before the epidemic had run its course
   他们估计在流行病结束之前会有17,000到20,000头牛死去。
3. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.
   一场流感正席卷莫斯科。
4. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.
   禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。
5. Ten years ago today the US Center for Disease Control published the first faint warnings of a worldwide epidemic.
   10年前的今天，美国疾病控制中心敷衍其事地发出了第一份警告：一场世界范围的流行病可能会出现。
6. The major impact of this epidemic worldwide is yet to come
   这种传染病在世界范围内的重大影响还未完全显现。
7. We are dealing with an epidemic the likes of which we have never seen in this century.
   我们面临的疫情规模在本世纪尚属空前。
8. He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth
   他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。
9. It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe
   人们担心类似的流行病很快会传到欧洲。
10. That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.
    那种传染病早已绝迹。
11. Violence is reaching epidemic levels in the city.
    城市的暴力事件已达泛滥地步。
12. There has recently been an epidemic of car stealing.
    汽车被盗案件近来频繁发生。
13. People thought this kind of epidemic disease had been stamped out.
    人们以为这种传染病已经告绝。
14. The epidemic has been brought under control.
    疫情已得到控制。
15. The magnitude of the epidemic was frightening.
    这种流行病传播范围之广令人惊惶不安。
16. The sanitary board tries to stamp out the epidemic.
    卫生局试图消灭这种流行病。
17. The epidemic has also spread to neighboring South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique.
    该流行病也传播到了邻国南非，波扎那和莫桑比克。
18. This latest case has raised fears of an epidemic.
    这个最新的病例引起了对传染病的担心。
19. The development of medical care and epidemic prevention has greatly improved the health of the Chinese people.
    医疗卫生和防疫工作的发展极大地提高了中国人民的健康水平。
20. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels in the UK and other western countries.
    儿童肥胖已经在英国和其它一些西方国家达到了流行的程度。
21. The new epidemic spread throughout the country.
    那种新传染病蔓延到了全国各地。
22. In China, mosquito-borne infectious diseases include malaria, filarial, epidemic Japanese B encephalitis, and dengue fever.
    我国蚊媒传染病有疟疾、丝虫、流行性乙型脑炎和登革热。
23. Obesity, which is frequently present in severe and fatal cases, is now a global epidemic.
    严重和致命病例中经常可见肥胖症，而该病现在是一种全球流行病。
24. Global fears of an epidemic have sullied a good name in Norway: Sars.
    一种流行病带来的全球性恐慌玷污了挪威一个清白的名字：萨斯。
25. Each year we have to combat the flu epidemic.
    每年我们都得和流感作斗争。
26. This study has investigated the region for the epidemic area of tsutsugamushi disease.
    本研究对该地区恙虫病疫源地进行全面研究。
27. This paper discussed the SIQV epidemic models with impulsive vaccination and impulsive quarantine.
    讨论了带有免疫和脉冲隔离的SIQV传染病模型。
28. Epidemic diseases such as smallpox, bubonic plague, and malaria were declared things of the past.
    流行性疾病如天花，疟疾和鼠疫被宣布成为过去。
29. The hospitals and health care system in the West are not equipped to handle this complicated and deadly epidemic.
    西部的医院和医疗体系不够完善，很难处理这种复杂和致命的传染病。

noun

1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease

adj

1. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease
   1. an epidemic outbreak of influenza