contagion
英 [kən'teɪdʒ(ə)n]
美[kən'tedʒən]
- n. 传染病；蔓延；触染
词态变化
复数: contagions;
英文词源
- contagion (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French contagion, from Latin contagionem (nominative contagio) "a touching, contact, contagion," related to contingere "touch closely" (see contact (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. I'm a blood donor; I can't risk any contagion.
- 我是献血者，我不能冒任何接触传染的危险。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas.
- 他继续使本国远离外来思想的侵袭。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. There is no risk of contagion.
- 没有接触传染的风险。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion.
- 他们一直不愿接纳艾滋病患者，部分原因是无来由地害怕被接触传染。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The contagion of thought here demonstrated itself.
- 思想有传染性,这一点现在又显示了出来.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹