"pestilence" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 瘟疫
• 疫病

Definition

一種致命的傳染病，迅速傳播並導致許多人死亡；有時也泛指造成廣泛破壞的事物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

此詞多見於書面語或歷史語境，常用於中世紀大瘟疫，也可比喻帶來大規模危害的事物。日常不會用於小病。

Examples

The pestilence killed thousands in the village.

**瘟疫**在村莊裡奪去了成千上萬人的生命。

Doctors tried to stop the pestilence from spreading.

醫生們試圖阻止**瘟疫**的傳播。

A pestilence swept across the land long ago.

很久以前，一場**瘟疫**席捲了這片土地。

Some feared the drought was as deadly as a pestilence.

有人擔心這場乾旱跟**瘟疫**一樣致命。

The old poem described war and pestilence destroying kingdoms.

古老的詩歌描述了戰爭和**瘟疫**摧毀國家。

He called social media a modern pestilence, spreading chaos everywhere.

他說社交媒體是現代的**瘟疫**，到處傳播混亂。