单词
outbreak
读音
ˈaʊtbreɪk
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词根
"Outbreak"由"out"和"break"组成，"out"表示"外面，超过，出，出去"，而"break"表示"打破，断裂"。所以，当这两个词组合在一起时，就会形成一个新的概念，意味着某种事物突然且迅速地发生或开始。
释义
n. （战争的）爆发；（疾病的）发作 [ 复数 outbreaks ]
例句
The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
那一地区爆发了霍乱。
His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war.
他的死引发了一系列的事件，从而导致了战争的爆发。
He was interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of the Second World War.
他在第二次世界大战爆发时被作为敌国侨民扣押了。
The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
那一地区爆发了霍乱。
His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war.
他的死引发了一系列的事件，从而导致了战争的爆发。
He was interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of the Second World War.
他在第二次世界大战爆发时被作为敌国侨民扣押了。
强化记忆
您可以通过将其拆分为"out"（出去）和"break"（打破）来帮助记忆。想象一下，当一个疾病"打破"其通常的限制并"出去"传播时，这就是一次"outbreak"（疾病的爆发）。"Outbreak"一词在17世纪就已经出现，用于描述疫病的突然爆发。随着时间的推移，它的含义逐渐扩大，不仅包括疫病的爆发，还包括战争、骚乱等恶性事件的突然发生。
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but otherwise we saw exactly what should happen.An outbreak’s detected.Very quickly, literally within days,
we'd have a much better shot of keeping the next pandemic threatto a manageable outbreakinstead of a blazing inferno that engulfs entire cities and countries.
art, science, technology, and so forth, they don't matter.We're an outbreak species,we're going to hit the edge of the petri dish, simple as that.
[You led the global response to the SARS outbreak in 2003.How does this outbreak compare?]That's the same problem with all new infections.
every couple of years, maybe even every decade,you get a rabies outbreak.So if we could somehow anticipate when and where the next outbreak would be,
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