1. （疾病的）流行，傳播 If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas.
e.g. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow. 一場(chǎng)流感正席卷莫斯科。 e.g. ...a killer epidemic of yellow fever. 致命的黃熱病的流行
2. （壞事的）盛行，泛濫，猖獗 If an activity that you disapprove of is increasing or spreading rapidly, you can refer to this as an epidemic of that activity.
epidemic
e.g. ...an epidemic of serial killings... 連環(huán)殺人現象的猖獗 e.g. Drug experts say it could spell the end of the crack epidemic. 禁毒專(zhuān)家說(shuō)它可能會(huì )結束強效可卡因吸食泛濫的局面。
epidemic英英釋義
noun
1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease many people are infected at the same time
adj
1. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously