"communicable" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 传染性的
• 可传播的

Definition

能够从一个人、动物或物体传播或传递给另一个，尤其用于指疾病。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Communicable” 通常用于医学或科学语境，描述可传播的疾病，如“communicable disease”。不用于形容思想或信息等非医学内容，这时通常用“can be communicated”。常见搭配为“communicable disease”。

Examples

Flu is a communicable disease.

流感是一种**传染性**疾病。

A communicable illness can spread quickly.

**传染性**疾病可以很快传播。

Is tuberculosis communicable?

结核病是**传染性**的吗？

COVID-19 is highly communicable in crowded places.

新冠病毒在拥挤的地方非常**传染性强**。

Doctors warn that the virus is more communicable than they first thought.

医生警告，这种病毒比最初想象的更**容易传播**。

Some communicable diseases can be prevented by vaccination.

一些**传染性**疾病可以通过接种疫苗预防。