名詞流行病；蔓延形容詞傳染??；流行性的網(wǎng)絡(luò)流行的；傳染的；傳染性的
形容詞
1. epidemic
1. Buying goods on the installment plan has become epidemic in recent years.
近幾年來，用分期付款的辦法購物十分流行。
2. Violence is reaching epidemic levels.
暴力達到了流行的程度。
1. 流行：(二)流行 流行(epidemic)是指一個地區(qū)某病發(fā)病率明顯超過歷年的散發(fā)發(fā)病率水平稱為流行. 流行與散發(fā)是相對的,各地應(yīng)根據(jù)不同時期、不同病種等作出判斷. 有時在實際工作中作用暴(或爆)發(fā)(性)流行一詞. 它表示在一個地區(qū)某病病例突然大量增多,
2. 流行性：一個傳染病,不論它的殺傷力如何,都會經(jīng)過三個階段:零散性(sporadic)、流行性(epidemic)和地方性(endemic). 一個零散性的感染是斷斷續(xù)續(xù)、零零星星地出現(xiàn),會在沒有擴散以前就消失掉,也可能進一步發(fā)展到第二階段的流行性.
1. （疾病的）流行，傳播
If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas.
e.g. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.
一場流感正席卷莫斯科。
e.g. ...a killer epidemic of yellow fever.
致命的黃熱病的流行
2. （壞事的）盛行，泛濫，猖獗
If an activity that you disapprove of is increasing or spreading rapidly, you can refer to this as an epidemic of that activity.
e.g. ...an epidemic of serial killings...
連環(huán)殺人現(xiàn)象的猖獗
e.g. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.
禁毒專家說它可能會結(jié)束強效可卡因吸食泛濫的局面。