pestilent
['pestilənt]
adj. 致死的, 有害的, 传染的, 讨厌的
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:
a.
1. 致命的, 致死的
Smallpox is a pestilent disease.
天花是一种致命的疾病。
2. 有害的, 危害社会的
3. 讨厌的, 恼人的
4. 【罕】传染的, 瘟疫的