pestilence
英 [ˈpestɪləns]
美 [ˈpestɪləns]
n. 瘟疫
复数：pestilences
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
- racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
- according to him, I was the canker in their midst
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- 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
双语例句
- A pestilence overhangs the country.
瘟疫威胁着那个国家。 - He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
有欲望而无行动者滋生瘟疫。 - The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease.
重要的事情是，他们没有把你载到一个恐怖、险恶、污秽的地方，也不是到达瘟疫流行、饥荒、灾祸的地区。 - A pestilence was raging in that area.
瘟疫正在那一地区流行。 - 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。 - The drought could result in the rising price of the grain and bring out the pestilence& plague of locusts.
旱灾造成粮价上涨，还会诱发疫灾和蝗灾； - In China itself storms, floods and earthquakes brought pestilence and suffering.
在中国本土，暴雨、洪水和地震带来了瘟疫和苦难。 - Floods, droughts, famine, war, pestilence, plagues, and economic booms and busts are familiar companions in the up-and-down cycle of human history.
在人类历史上起伏不断的周期中，水灾、干旱、饥荒、战争、流行病、瘟疫以及经济繁荣和崩溃都是人们熟悉的现象。 - A pestilence was raging in this area.
鼠疫正在这一地区流行。 - Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
你和你的百姓为何要因刀剑，饥荒，瘟疫死亡，正如耶和华论到不服事巴比伦王的那国说的话呢。