pestilence
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. 瘟疫[文學(xué)性]
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pestilence /?p?st?l?ns/ (pestilences)
劍橋詞典
- [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] formal
any very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people
瘟疫，疫病
[ 單數(shù)名詞 ]
a serious and growing problem
毒瘤，日益嚴(yán)重的問題
The report states that vandalism is a pestilence that must be stamped out. 該報告說明，惡意破壞行爲(wèi)是一種毒瘤，必須鏟除。 返回 pestilence