1660s, from Late Latin pandemus, from Greek pandemos "pertaining to all people; public, common," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + demos "people" (see demotic). Modeled on epidemic. The noun is first recorded 1853, from the adjective.
双语例句
1. One pandemic of Spanish flu took nearly 22 million lives worldwide.
西班牙流感的大爆发夺去了全球近2,200万人的生命。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They feared a new cholera pandemic.
他们担心新一轮的霍乱大流行。
来自柯林斯例句
3. In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.
在世界上一些地区疟疾仍然具有高传染性。
来自辞典例句
4. So conceivably, this thing could be used to create a pandemic.
因此可以想象, 这个仪器可以用来造成大瘟疫.
来自电影对白
5. A virus that passes from animals to humans can cause a pandemic.