epidemic

流行、疫病の流行

ある地域で病気が急速に広がり、多くの人がかかること。

やさしい英語で： A situation in which a disease spreads quickly and affects many people in an area.

• The epidemic spread across the city.
• Schools closed during the flu epidemic.
• Clean water helped prevent another epidemic of cholera.

使い方： epidemic of something (The city faced an epidemic of cholera.)

類義語： outbreak

よく使う表現： flu epidemic, epidemic of something, prevent an epidemic

蔓延する、流行性の

広く蔓延して、多くの人に害を及ぼす。

やさしい英語で： Spreading widely and affecting many people in a harmful way.

• Corruption has reached epidemic proportions.
• Epidemic panic spread through the crowd.
• The report described epidemic levels of violence.

類義語： widespread, rampant

よく使う表現： epidemic proportions, epidemic hysteria, epidemic violence