pestilence

pestilence

英 ['pestɪl(ə)ns]
　　美 ['pɛstɪləns]

n. 瘟疫（尤指鼠疫）；有害的事物

中文詞源：

pestilence 瘟疫

來自拉丁語pestis,傳染病，瘟疫，詛咒，詞源同pest.

例句：

1. They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.
他們因那年嚴冬的饑餓與瘟疫而折磨得發狂.

2. A pestilence was raging in that area.
瘟疫正在那一地區流行.

3. A pestilence was raging in this area.
鼠疫正在這一地區流行.

4. A pestilence overhangs the country.
瘟疫威脅著那個國傢.

5. None so self - devoted as Hester when pestilence stalked through the town.
在鎮上蔓延瘟疫的時候,誰也沒有海絲特那樣忘我地獻身.