pestilence

['pestiləns]

n. 瘟疫, 毒害物

例句与用法：

Help has been too little and too late or too far from where it was most needed. The flood-gates of famine and pestilence are already open.

援助是那么少，那么晚，要不就是离急需的地区那么远。这么一来饥荒和瘟疫就已经泛滥成灾了。

A pestilence was raging in that area.

瘟疫正在那个地方流行。

词形变化：

副词: pestiferously | 名词: pestiferousness |

详细释义：

n.[C][U]

1. 恶性传染病, 瘟疫(尤指鼠疫)

2. 有害的事物

He condemns television as a pestilence.

他指责电视有害。