单词
epidemic
读音
ˌepɪˈdemɪk
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英式
词根
"Epidemic" 来自于希腊语的“epidémios”,其中,"epi-"意为"在...之上","demos"意为"人民"。这个词在最早的形式中用来描述那些影响广大人民的疾病。 由 "epi-" 衍生出来的其他单词包括:epicenter(震中,由 "epi-"(在...之上)+ "center"(中心)组成)和epidermis(表皮,由 "epi-"(在...之上) + "dermis"(皮肤)组成)。
释义
adj. 流行的;传染性的 n. 传染病;流行病;风尚等的流行 [ 复数 epidemics 比较级 more epidemic 最高级 most epidemic ]
例句
Today, doctors are fearing a worldwide epidemic.
如今,医生们在担心一次世界性的流行。
Hospitals were already fully extended because of the epidemic.
这场流行病已使各医院以最大负荷运转。
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。
Today, doctors are fearing a worldwide epidemic.
如今,医生们在担心一次世界性的流行。
Hospitals were already fully extended because of the epidemic.
这场流行病已使各医院以最大负荷运转。
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。
强化记忆
通过词根记忆法,可以将 "epidemic" 分解为"epi-"(在...之上)和"demic"(源自 "demos",意味着"人民")。因此,可以将 "epidemic" 理解为"在人民之间广泛传播的",这可以帮助您更快地记住这个词。"Epidemic" 最早在公元前330年左右,由古希腊医生希波克拉底在其著作《关于流行疾病》中使用,来描述一种疾病在某一地区或时间内的群体爆发情况。从16世纪开始,这个词也用于描述非生物医学的群体现象,如"群体疯狂"或"行为传染"。
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Of course, we also have the tools we need to end global poverty,epidemic diseaseand the abuse of women as well.
And I've also lost countless friends to HIV and AIDS.Our current opioid epidemic and the AIDS epidemictragically have much in common.
I was born in the heart of the AIDS crisis,the crack epidemicand the War on Drugs.
how do you treat a national opioid epidemic?During an epidemic,normally governments, clinicians and scientists are brought together
to something much more threatening,an underlying epidemic,the one we ought to be worried about?
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