endemic
英 [en'dem?k]
美[?n'd?m?k]
- adj. 地方性的；風(fēng)土的
- n. 地方病
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
中文詞源
endemic 地方性的
en-, 進(jìn)入，使。-demic, 人民，區(qū)域，詞源同demotic, democracy.
英文詞源
- endemic (adj.)
- "particular to a people or locality," 1650s (endemical), with -ic + Greek endemos "native, dwelling in (a place), of or belonging to a people," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + demos "people, district" (see demotic). From 1660s as a noun.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Polio was then endemic among children my age.
- 那時(shí)小兒麻痹癥在我這個(gè)年紀(jì)的孩子中很常見(jiàn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Street crime is virtually endemic in large cities.
- 街頭犯罪近乎是大城市的通病。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.
- 瘧疾是許多氣候炎熱國(guó)家的流行病。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. He said that racism is endemic in this country.
- 他說(shuō)種族主義在該國(guó)很普遍.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.
- 這種胸部疾病是流行于本地區(qū)礦工中的地方病.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》