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ep.i.de.mic.ep7I5dem7Ikn [C]the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people in the same period of time流行病The flu epidemic has struck down thousands of people in the south of England.流行性感冒使英国南部的成千上万的人都病倒了。They're predicting an AIDS epidemic in the next ten years.他们预言在以后的10年中将流行艾滋病。(fig.) The capital is suffering from an unemployment epidemic (= a serious lack of jobs, affecting many people) that it cannot control.首都正遭受它无法控制的大范围失业增长。(fig.) Poverty in this country has reached epidemic proportions (= has an effect on many people).这个国家的贫困已到了非常普遍的程度。
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