| 单词 | pandemic |
| 释义 | pandemic (once / 8615 pages) adjn Remember the 2009 swine flu? That was a pandemic — an illness that swept over much of the globe. People fear pandemics, and with good reason. The black plague that ran through Asia and Europe in the 1300s is believed to have killed as much as half of Europe's population, between 75 and 100 million folks. The word comes from ancient Greek — pan (meaning "all") and demos (meaning "people"), or simply put — all the people. Of course, people across the globe suffer from the seasonal flu, and many die from it. But it isn't considered a pandemic because it is generally harmless to the healthy. WORD FAMILYpandemic: pandemics USAGE EXAMPLESHis travels throughout the Caribbean unleashed the first of a series of deadly pandemics that swept the Caribbean and Central America. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “We also play a board game called Pandemic,” Oatman said. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) Countries should submit to objective, published, external evaluations of their surveillance capacity and pandemic preparedness; self-reports of progress are not acceptable. Nature(Dec 04, 2016) 1adj existing everywhere pandemic fear of nuclear war Syn general applying to all or most members of a category or group 2adj epidemic over a wide geographical area a pandemic outbreak of malaria Syn epidemic (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously 3n an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world Hyper epidemic a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time |
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