名詞 pestilence:

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
   同義詞：plague, pest, pestis
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
   同義詞：plague, pest
3. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
   同義詞：canker

1. Help has been too little and too late or too far from where it was most needed. The flood-gates of famine and pestilence are already open.
   援助是那么少，那么晚，要不就是離急需的地區(qū)那么遠(yuǎn)。這么一來饑荒和瘟疫就已經(jīng)泛濫成災(zāi)了。
2. A pestilence was raging in that area.
   瘟疫正在那個(gè)地方流行。

pes.ti.lence

n.（名詞）

A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
瘟疫：通常指一種致命的傳染病，尤指淋巴腺鼠疫
An epidemic of such a disease.
瘟疫流行：這種疾病的流行
A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
有害物；罪惡：有害邪惡的影響或藥劑