pestilences

英 [ˈpɛstɪlənsɪz] 美 [ˈpɛstələnsɪz]

n.  瘟疫
pestilence的复数



柯林斯词典

  1. 瘟疫
    Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.

    双语例句

    1. And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
      地要大大震动,多处必有饥荒瘟疫。又有可怕的异象,和大神迹,从天上显现。
    2. Many pestilences broke out during that period and demonstrated some characteristics in the aspects of time and space distribution.
      空间分布上呈现出南方比北方多,东部比西部多的特征。
    3. But that last observation merely raises the visibility of the obesity-in-youth issue – is it really to be brought alongside the pestilences of the past?
      但以前的观察仅仅把青少年肥胖的问题推到我们的视野中&它真的和过去的瘟疫那样给我们带来灾难吗?
    4. In an age of modern medical miracles, it seems impossible that mankind has yet to rid itself of these pestilences.
      在现今医疗技术近乎奇迹的时代,人类却尚未摆脱这些传染病,这似乎是件不可能的事。
    5. Facing the third-century crisis, especially the two pestilences, Christianity, by reacting entirely differently from paganism, demonstrated its ideological advantages to the full, and made considerable development.
      在面对三世纪危机尤其是两次大瘟疫时,基督教发挥出精神上的优势,作出了与异教截然不同的反应,获得了长足的发展。
    6. We know the terrorism is called "21 centuries pestilences", and it have big social harmfulness.
      我们知道,恐怖主义被称为21世纪的瘟疫,可见其社会危害性之大。