n.流行病；傳染病
adj.流行的；傳染性的
A flu epidemic raged through the school for weeks. 流感在這所學校里蔓延了幾個星期。
The small town was suddenly struck by an epidemic. 小鎮(zhèn)突然遭到傳染病的襲擊。
用作形容詞 (adj.)Violence is reaching epidemic levels. 暴力達到了流行的程度。
The corruption has become epidemic in the society. 這種腐化已成為社會上的一種歪風。
epidemic的基本意思是“流行病”,可用來比喻某一事件或現象像流行病一樣廣為“流傳,盛行”,常用于“an epidemic of sth”結構中。
epidemic還可用作形容詞,作“流行性的,流傳極廣的”解。例如:Violence is reaching epidemic levels in the city.城市的暴力事件已達泛濫地步。
