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
- And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
6又要击打这城的居民，连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。 - 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。 - Pestilence: A nasty stomach bug spread among fashion-label employees, celebrities and editors.
是生病：一种讨厌的肠胃炎在时尚品牌员工、名流和编辑之间传播。 - Some Africans are suffering from famine, pestilence and other evils.
有些非洲人正在承受着饥荒、疫病及其他不幸。 - 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。 - Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
3他必救你脱离捕鸟人的网罗，和毒害的瘟疫。 - There is hunger in all the flood-hit areas. Pestilence walked abroad in that area.
洪水泛滥地区到处都出现了饥荒。那一地区瘟疫泛滥。 - 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。 - Scourge: A source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
灾难，灾祸：涉及面广的令人害怕的苦难和破坏的根源，例如由瘟疫或战争引起的。 - 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。