acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
而欧洲自己却染上了这种人为的瘟疫般的疾病。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 17 A man-made disease
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 疾病;弊端;不安;
vt. 传染;使…有病;
💡 dis(apart)+ease→疾病
"About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease."
全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
近义：ill, malady, illness, complaint, condition, affliction
反义：healthiness, liveness, salubrity, salutariness, sanitation, sparkle
adj. …制的;（人工）做成的，拼成的;虚构的;保证成功的;
v. 使(make的过去式和过去分词);
"He made it absolutely clear."
他把此事讲得一清二楚。
近义：manufactured, produced, done, fabricated, artificial, manmade
n. 瘟疫， （尤指）腺鼠疫;
"They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter."
他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.
近义：miasma, rankness, reek, stench, stink, fetor
acquired
[ə'kwaiəd]
adj. （尤指靠自己的努力或行动）获得的;习得的;<医>后天的;起初不喜欢但后来逐渐培养的爱好;
v. 获得( acquire的过去式和过去分词 );（使用探测器）捕获（目标）;取得;（计算机、机器人等）捕捉;
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。