pestilence meaning in English
n.
1.鼠疫；恶疫，时疫，流行病。
2.祸害，洪水猛兽〔指学说等〕。
3.伤风败德之事。
Examples
- A pestilence was raging in that area .
瘟疫正在那一地区流行。 - A pestilence was raging in this area .
鼠疫正在这一地区流行。 - There is the source of the recurring pestilence .
那里是一再发生瘟疫的策源地。 - No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous .
以往的瘟疫从没象这次那么恐怖，那么骇人听闻。 - They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter .
他们被那年严冬的饥荒与瘟疫逼疯了。