🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

大流行病

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dà liú xíng bìng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pandemic/pænˈdɛm.ɪk/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这场大流行病改变了全球卫生格局。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population, typically spanning multiple countries or continents.

    "The global response to the recent pandemic involved unprecedented international scientific cooperation."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of a disease; prevalent over a whole country or the world.

    "Health authorities implemented strict quarantine measures to control the pandemic spread of the virus."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'pan-' (meaning all) and 'demos' (meaning people), combined into 'pandemos' (pertaining to all people). Entering English in the mid-17th century via French and Latin, the term originally referred to a disease prevalent throughout an entire population or country before narrowing in epidemiological contexts to describe worldwide disease outbreaks.

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