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
- 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。 - They are craze by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
他们因那年严冬的饥馑与瘟疫而发狂。 - And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
我必使刀剑，饥荒，瘟疫临到他们，直到他们从我所赐给他们和他们列祖之地灭绝。 - A pestilence was raging in that area.
瘟疫正在那一地区流行。 - 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。 - By this theory, the effect of pestilence is neglected and the Black Death is recognized as a kind of Necessary event.
在这种理论中，瘟疫作为一种必然性的事件，其作用被淡化。 - 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。 - Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit AS a pest to Australia acquired this man-made diseASe AS a pestilence.
具有讽刺意味的是，欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传到澳洲，后来欧洲却从澳洲染上了这一被视为瘟疫的人造疾病。 - 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。 - So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee.
又要使饥荒和恶兽到你那里，叫你丧子，瘟疫和流血的事也必盛行在你那里；我也要使刀剑临到你。