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epidemic 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 传染病, 流行病

a. 流行的, 传染性的

英文释义

n. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

a. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

epidemic 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 epidemic 在自然语境里怎么用：

No particular genomic features underpin the dramatic economic consequences of 17th century plague epidemics in Italy.

—— Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia

The topic for our group, a collection of scholars from different academic disciplines: America’s obesity epidemic.

—— Junk Culture: Why We Crave Its Offerings

So, are the Quebecois somewhat inoculated from the epidemic of Anglophone unhappiness?

—— If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?

There appears to be a recent epidemic of users hijacking companies’ AI-powered customer service bots to turn them into generic AI assistants.

—— No, McDonald’s AI bot didn’t go rogue, but ‘prompt injection’ is still a risk for companies

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