disease
[dɪ'zi:z] noun
ESSENTIAL countable or uncountable
■(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by an accident 病，疾病•a contagious/infectious disease传染病 •a common/rare/incurable/fatal disease常见病／罕见疾病／绝症／致命疾病 •They reported a sudden outbreak of the disease in the south of the country.他们报告说该国南部地区突然爆发了这种疾病。 •The first symptom of the disease is a very high temperature.这种病的最初症状是高烧。 •She has caught/contracted (= begun to have) a lung disease/disease of the lungs.她患上了肺病。 •Starvation and disease have killed thousands of refugees.饥饿和疾病夺去了数千名难民的生命。 countable
■something that is considered very bad in people or society 病症；恶疾；弊病•The real disease affecting the country is inflation.影响该国的真正恶疾是通货膨胀。 |