Pandemic



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. ( 病) 大范围流行的
• ［英］ adj. ( 病) 大范围流行的 ( occurring over a wide geographic area)
• ［记］ pan ( 全部) +dem ( 人民) +ic -> 涉及全部民众
• ［同］ 同根词: epidemic ( 传染的) ;endemic ( 地方性的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandēmos of all the people, from pan- + dēmos people — more at demagogue
• Date: 1666
• occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population <pandemic malaria>

II. noun

• Date: circa 1853
• a pandemic outbreak of a disease

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