pestilence

US [ˈpestɪləns]
UK ['pestɪləns]
  • n.瘟疫
  • Web传染病；疠；疫疠
Plural Form：pestilences  

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pestilence
n.
1.
瘟疫any infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people

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AllAll,瘟疫瘟疫,传染病传染病,疠疠,疫疠疫疠
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1.
My wife and I raced out of Philadelphia as if fleeting a pestilence, only to run into dense shore-bound traffic.
我和妻子像逃避瘟疫一样风驰电掣般驶出费城，结果却陷入前往海滨的稠密拥挤的车流之中。
wǒ hé qī zi xiàng táo bì wēn yì yí yàng fēng chí diàn chè bān shǐ chū fèi chéng , jié guǒ què xiàn rù qián wǎng hǎi bīn de chóu mì yōng jǐ de chē liú zhī zhōng 。
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2.
Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as a pest to Australia, acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
具有讽刺意味的是，欧洲把这种兔子作为有害动物传给澳洲，而欧洲自己却染上了这种人为的瘟疫般的疾病。
jù yǒu fěng cì yì wèi de shì , ōu zhōu bǎ zhè zhǒng tù zǐ zuò wéi yǒu hài dòng wù chuán gěi ào zhōu , ér ōu zhōu zì jǐ què rǎn shàng le zhè zhǒng rén wéi de wēn yì bān de jí bìng 。
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3.
Even some scientists feared that Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards might have brewed pestilence in a petri dish.
甚至连某些科学家也担心，斯特普托及爱德华斯可能从培养皿中酿出了祸害。
shèn zhì lián mǒu xiē kē xué jiā yě dān xīn , sī tè pǔ tuō jí ài dé huá sī kě néng cóng péi yǎng mǐn zhōng niàng chū le huò hài 。
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4.
For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation.
因为传染病与流行病，劫掠与污染，自然灾害与受饥饿的儿童是我们每一个国家的仇敌。
yīn wèi chuán rǎn bìng yǔ liú xíng bìng , jié lüè yǔ wū rǎn , zì rán zāi hài yǔ shòu jī è de ér tóng shì wǒ men měi yī gè guó jiā de chóu dí 。
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5.
Ironically, Europe, which had bequeathed the rabbit as arest to Australia, acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
具有讽刺意味的是，欧洲把兔子作为有害的动物给了澳洲，却从澳洲染得了这种终于成为瘟疫的人造病。
jù yǒu fěng cì yì wèi de shì , ōu zhōu bǎ tù zǐ zuò wéi yǒu hài de dòng wù gěi le ào zhōu , què cóng ào zhōu rǎn dé le zhè zhǒng zhōng yú chéng wéi wēn yì de rén zào bìng 。
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6.
May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
上主必使你瘟疫缠身，直到将你由你要去佔领的地上完全消灭。
shàng zhǔ bì shǐ nǐ wēn yì chán shēn , zhí dào jiāng nǐ yóu nǐ yào qù zhàn lǐng de dì shàng wán quán xiāo miè 。
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7.
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
又要击打这城的居民，连人带牲畜都必遭遇大瘟疫死亡。
yòu yào jī dǎ zhè chéng de jū mín , lián rén dài shēng chù dōu bì zāo yù dà wēn yì sǐ wáng 。
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8.
Or if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and pour out my indignation upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast.
或者使那地发生瘟疫，以屠杀发洩我的愤怒，好从那里灭绝人和兽类。
huò zhě shǐ nà de fā shēng wēn yì , yǐ tú shā fā xiè wǒ de fèn nù , hǎo cóng nà li miè jué rén hé shòu lèi 。
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9.
They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
他们被那年严冬的饥荒与瘟疫逼疯了。
tā men bèi nà nián yán dōng de jī huāng yǔ wēn yì bī fēng le 。
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10.
Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whatever it touches---Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Romantic poet.
权力就像肆虐的瘟疫，污染它所触及的一切---珀西.比希.雪莱，英国浪漫主义诗人。
quán lì jiù xiàng sì nüè de wēn yì , wū rǎn tā suǒ chù jí de yí qiè --- pò xī . bǐ xī . xuě lái , yīng guó làng màn zhǔ yì shī rén 。
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