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pandemic

美音:[pæn´demık ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.全国流行的

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pandemic为短语/超纲词汇

词根

dem=people(民众)

pandemic


/pæn'demɪk; pæn`dɛmɪk/
n, adj disease occurring over a whole country or the whole world 全国或全世界流行的(疾病). Cf 参看 endemic, epidemic.

pandemic


n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek;Origin: pandemos, from pan- ( PAN-) + demos 'people']
technical a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world
endemic, epidemic epidemic
 the AIDS pandemic
>pandemicadj