epidemic是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. (疾病) 流行性的, 传染的 n. 流行病，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He summoned forth London laboratories, dinners on frosty evenings in Stockholm, walks on the Pincio with sunset behind the dome of San Pietro, extreme danger and overpowering disgust from excreta-smeared garments in an epidemic at Marseilles.
-- The community at Delft had a typhoid epidemic which slackened and continually reappeared.
-- When the neighborhood suddenly achieved a real epidemic of diphtheria and Martin shakily preached antitoxin, one-half of them remembered his failure to save Mary Novak and the other half clamored, "Oh, give us a rest!You got epidemics on the brain!"
-- There's no sign of an epidemic of strep."
-- "All right, if you want a bad epidemic here, toward the end of your campaign!"
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It turned out that the Jeroboam had a malignant epidemic on board, and that Mayhew, her captain, was fearful of infecting the Pequod's company.
-- The consequence of all this was, that the archangel cared little or nothing for the captain and mates; and since the epidemic had broken out, he carried a higher hand than ever; declaring that the plague, as he called it, was at his sole command; nor should it be stayed but according to his good pleasure.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He could not get a fresh horse in the desert, and if an epidemic was going to seize their steeds, they would be seriously embarrassed how to proceed.
-- Before the close of the day, it seemed as if the word epidemic was really going to be justified.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A serious epidemic broke out in the school and three of the boys died.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Hurrah!Hurrah!We're holding them!An epidemic ofparties and dances broke out.
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