1660s, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos "pertaining to all people; public, common," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + demos "people" (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adjective.
雙語例句
1. One pandemic of Spanish flu took nearly 22 million lives worldwide.
西班牙流感的大爆發(fā)奪去了全球近2,200萬人的生命。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They feared a new cholera pandemic.
他們擔(dān)心新一輪的霍亂大流行。
來自柯林斯例句
3. In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.
在世界上一些地區(qū)瘧疾仍然具有高傳染性。
來自辭典例句
4. So conceivably, this thing could be used to create a pandemic.
因此可以想象, 這個儀器可以用來造成大瘟疫.
來自電影對白
5. A virus that passes from animals to humans can cause a pandemic.