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pestilence

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n.瘟疫

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disease  epidemic  plague    

pestilence


/'pestɪləns; `pɛstləns/
(also pest) n [C, U] (arch 古) (any of various types of) deadly infectious disease that spreads quickly through large numbers of people, esp bubonic plague 瘟疫; (尤指)腺鼠疫.

pestilence


n [U and C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin:Latin pestilentia, from pestis; PEST]
literary a disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people
1. Corruption is a pestilence of bureaucracy.
    贪污腐败是官僚主义的一种罪恶。

2. Corruption is a pestilence of bureaucracy.
    贪污腐败是官僚主义的一种罪恶。

3. Corruption is a pestilence of bureaucracy.
    贪污腐败是官僚主义的一种罪恶。

4. 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给澳洲,而欧洲自己却染上了这种人为的瘟疫般的疾病。

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