con·ta·gion
noun/kənˈteɪdʒən/
/kənˈteɪdʒən/
- [uncountable] the spread of a disease by close contact between people
（疾病的）接触传染 - There is no risk of contagion.
没有接触传染的风险。
- There is no risk of contagion.
- [countable] (old use) a disease that can be spread by close contact between people
接触性传染病 - [uncountable, countable] (formal) something bad that spreads quickly by being passed from person to person
（不良事物的快速）传播，蔓延，扩散 - the contagion of political extremism
政治极端主义的蔓延
compare infection - the contagion of political extremism
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a contagious disease): from Latin contagio(n-), from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.