pestilential
英 [,pestɪ'lenʃ(ə)l]
美[,pɛstɪ'lɛnʃl]
- adj. 引起瘟疫的；瘟疫似的；讨厌的
英英释意
- 1. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease;
- "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
- "plaguey fevers"
英文词源
- pestilential (adj.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin pestilentialis, from Latin pestilentia "plague" (see pestilence). Related: Pestilentially.
实用场景例句
- Many people were dependent for their water supply on this pestilential stream.
- 许多人靠这条水质受污、可致疫病的河流来取水。
辞典例句
- As Jefferson said, cities are pestilential to the morals , the health, and the liberties of man.
- 如杰斐逊所言, 城市“毒害了人类的精神 、 体和自由”.
互联网
- Pestilence is a fierce and infective disease which is caused by the pestilential pathogen.
- 疫病是由感受疫疠之气引起的一种具有强烈传染性的疾病.
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