pestilence
发音
英 [ˈpestɪləns]
美 [ˈpɛstələns]
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- n.
- 瘟疫， （尤指）腺鼠疫
单词词源
pestilence 瘟疫
来自拉丁语pestis,传染病，瘟疫，诅咒，词源同pest.
双语例句
- 1. A pestilence overhangs the country .
- 瘟疫威胁着那个国家。
- 2. Everyone must use less water if famine , pestilence and mass migration are not to sweep the globe .
- 人们不得不克制自己的用水习惯，或者他就宁可让饥荒、瘟疫和灵长类的迁徙重新席卷整个星球。
- 3. Failing to reduce emissions could be disastrous , as warmer temperatures unleash floods and pestilence .
- 如果不实施减排，后果将是灾难性的，因为气温的逐渐变暖将会引发洪水和瘟疫。
- 4. England saw fit to master and displays the gloomy grudge atmosphere of the 19th century london with all its dirt , and pestilence filled image .
- 充满着肮脏的英国很适合主人公，展现那19世纪伦敦那黑暗、充满妒忌的气氛，到处是瘟疫。
- 5. According to founder john edel , the farm 's tightly controlled climate negates factors such as drought , flood and pestilence , which often disrupt traditional farming processes and lead to waste .
- 据投资人约翰埃德说，这种农场可以紧紧的控制住像干旱，洪水和瘟疫，这种对传统的农业过程造成中断从而产生浪费的不良气候条件。