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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7094 COCA: 4919

epidemic

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ep·i·dem·ic /ˌepəˈdemɪk◂/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  MIa large number of cases of a disease that happen at the same time 流行病，传染病 → pandemic
 Over 500 people died during last year’s flu epidemic.
去年流感大暴发期间有五百多人死亡。
epidemic of
 an epidemic of cholera
霍乱的流行
2  INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTa sudden increase in the number of times that something bad happens 〔坏事的〕发生次数陡增，频率突增
epidemic of
 Britain is suffering an epidemic of petty crime.
目前英国轻微罪案频发。
—epidemic adjectiveadj [only before noun]
 Violent crime is reaching epidemic proportions in some cities.
有些城市的暴力犯罪活动几近泛滥。
Examples from the Corpus
epidemic• AIDS has become an epidemic in some countries.• In an average year, about 35 babies suffer rubella damage, but an epidemic will normally claim about 70 victims.• In the face of an epidemic which was sweeping away our friends and lovers, we sought help where we could.• This exercise was carried out by a third year group in a secondary school studying a cholera epidemic.• a cholera epidemic• Doctors warn that a flu epidemic may be on the way.• The decision came amidst continuing reports of severe malnutrition and health epidemics.• In polio epidemics, rewards and punishments were dispensed with a random, devastating hand.• The result: a temporary reduction of flies, but no halt in the polio epidemic.• Alcohol abuse has reached epidemic proportions in this country.• The recent epidemic of car thefts has been blamed on bored teenagers.• Researchers studying epidemics in Chicago and Buffalo in the forties offered several theories.• The epidemic had already taken a terrible toll in his country.
epidemic of• There has been a recent epidemic of car thefts.
epidemic proportions• By A.D. 54-5, militant activity had again assumed epidemic proportions.• Worldwide sin is at epidemic proportions.• Shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions and this gave rise to a lively discussion.• The assertion that this has reached epidemic proportions can not be challenged.
Origin epidemic
(1600-1700) French épidémique, from Greek epidemos “visiting”
ep·i·dem·ic noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7094 COCA: 4919
epidemic

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + EPIDEMIC | EPIDEMIC + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤major重大疫情▸➤global, national, worldwide全球性／全國性／世界性傳染病➤growing逐漸蔓延的流行病➤deadly, devastating致命的／毀滅性的流行病▸➤cholera, flu, foot-and-mouth, typhoid, etc.霍亂、感冒、口蹄疫、傷寒等流行病➤crack, heroin, etc.強效可卡因、海洛因等的泛濫➤silent悄悄蔓延的流行病VERB + EPIDEMIC➤become變成流行病➤combat, fight同流行病作鬥爭➤cause引發瘟疫EPIDEMIC + VERB➤break out, occur, strike (sth)瘟疫爆發／產生／襲擊（⋯）◇A typhus epidemic struck in the winter of 1919-20.1919 年至 1920 年冬天爆發了斑疹傷寒。➤spread, sweep (sth)流行病傳播／蔓延（⋯）◇the flu epidemic sweeping the country席捲全國的流感PREPOSITION➤during an/the epidemic, in an/the epidemic在流行病中◇Over fifty people died during the flu epidemic last winter.在去年冬天的一場流感中有 50 多人喪生。➤epidemic of⋯疾病的流行◇an epidemic of cholera一場霍亂的流行PHRASES➤reach epidemic proportions達到非常盛行的地步◇Marriage breakdown in the West has reached epidemic proportions.在西方，婚姻破裂已達到了流行的地步。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7094 COCA: 4919
epidemic noun
⇨ wave 3
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7094 COCA: 4919

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