pestilential
英 [,pest?'len?(?)l]
美[,p?st?'l?n?l]
- adj. 引起瘟疫的；瘟疫似的；討厭的
TOEFL
英文詞源
- pestilential (adj.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin pestilentialis, from Latin pestilentia "plague" (see pestilence). Related: Pestilentially.
雙語例句
- 1. Many people were dependent for their water supply on this pestilential stream.
- 許多人靠這條水質(zhì)受污、可致疫病的河流來取水。
來自辭典例句
- 2. A few huts were the only habitations to be seen in these pestilential regions.
- 這倒霉地方唯一可看到的住人的地方就是那幾間小屋.
來自辭典例句
- 3. We must get rid of these pestilential flies.
- 我們得把這些可惡的蒼蠅消滅掉.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. As Jefferson said, cities are pestilential to the morals , the health, and the liberties of man.
- 如杰斐遜所言, 城市“毒害了人類的精神 、 體和自由”.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Pestilence is a fierce and infective disease which is caused by the pestilential pathogen.
- 疫病是由感受疫癘之氣引起的一種具有強(qiáng)烈傳染性的疾病.
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