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Britain is suffering an epidemic of petty crime.英国现在频频发生轻度犯罪活动。In a worst-case scenario, the disease will reach epidemic proportions.最坏的情况是这种病流行起来。An epidemic of flu rushed the doctors off their feet.流感蔓延，大夫们疲于奔命。A cholera epidemic swept the country.霍乱席卷全国。Crime and poverty are epidemic in the city.犯罪和贫穷如瘟疫一般在这个城市肆虐。His father had died in an influenza epidemic.他父亲死于一场流行性感冒。Doctors seek to eliminate the causes of the epidemic.医生们试图消除这种流行病的根源。We are dealing with an epidemic the likes of which we have never seen in this century.我们面临的疫情规模在本世纪尚属空前。AIDS has become an epidemic in some countries.艾滋病在一些国家已成为流行病。A flu epidemic is raging in/through local schools.一场流感在当地各学校肆虐。The epidemic is spreading at an alarming rate.这种流行病正在以惊人的速度传播。He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。Despite their preparations, hospital officials worry that they could not cope with a major epidemic.尽管作了准备工作，医院管理人员还是担心无法应付大规模流行疾病。Buying goods on the installment plan has become epidemic in recent years.近几年来，用分期付款的办法购物十分流行。An epidemic of petty crime has hit the area.该地区的小案件已经泛滥成灾。The major impact of this epidemic worldwide is yet to come.这种传染病在世界范围内的重大影响还未完全显现。The AIDS epidemic further stigmatised gays.艾滋病的流行让人们更加瞧不起男同性恋者。It is feared that a similar epidemic will soon reach the shores of Europe.人们担心类似的流行病很快会传到欧洲。Doctors warn that a flu epidemic may be on the way.医生警告说可能爆发一场流感。Pack people into a poverty-stricken, rat-infested Third World city and you have the ingredients for a plague epidemic.一个人口密集、贫穷且老鼠为患的第三世界城市为瘟疫流行提供了温床。Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic.禁毒专家说它可能会结束强效可卡因吸食泛滥的局面。The violence has now reached epidemic proportions.暴力现已到了泛滥的程度。Eventually, if the population of one species rises too much a new epidemic will come along to redress the balance.最终，如果一个物种的数量增加太多，就会出现一种新的流行病以恢复平衡。The recent epidemic of car thefts has been blamed on bored teenagers.近来频频发生的汽车被盗事件被归咎于生活苦闷的青少年。Ireland is facing an alcohol problem of epidemic proportions.爱尔兰正面临泛滥成灾的酗酒问题。During the epidemic farmers had to destroy entire herds.瘟疫发生时，农民不得不把整群整群的牲畜宰杀掉。There was very little, if any, significant mortality related to the epidemic.这一流行病引起的死亡人数如果有也是微不足道的。Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.卫生官员已经成功地把疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。The hospital staff have been working in a pressure cooker since the outbreak of the epidemic.自从疫情发生以来，医院员工的工作压力非常大。The epidemic left the town sickly.流行病使这城镇成了疫区。An epidemic on this scale is without precedent.如此规模的流行病是史无前例的。Alcohol abuse has reached epidemic proportions in this country.在这个国家，酗酒已成为一种风气。The AIDS epidemic further stigmatized gays.艾滋病的流行让人们更加瞧不起同性恋者。The rest of her family all died in a smallpox epidemic, leaving her destitute.她的家人全都死于天花疫症，丢下她一个人，一贫如洗。Such transformation of nouns into verbs became epidemic in recent years.名词这样转化为动词近年来颇为流行。The epidemic is accelerating dramatically.该流行病正以惊人的速度蔓延。Fears about an epidemic are being perpetuated by the media.媒体总在不断报道传染病引起的恐慌。Doctors have voiced fears that we may be facing an epidemic.我们可能爆发传染病，医生对此说有担忧。Marriage breakdown in the West has reached epidemic proportions.在西方，婚姻破裂已达到了流行的地步。The vaccine is available for those who are most at risk from the flu epidemic.为那些最易患上流行性感冒的人提供了疫苗。 |