disease引申可指对社会、心理方面有害的,有破坏性的或不健康的状态;plague的基本意思是“烦扰”,指因某事物使某人烦扰,也可指给某人造成麻烦或困难。
The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.
这种疾病传播的条件已经成熟。
The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke.
该疾病一下子就使4,000万只兔子丧命。
Smoking places you at serious risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease.
吸烟会大大增加罹患心血管和呼吸道疾病的风险。
A great plague was then raging in the city.
那时一场大瘟疫正在该城肆虐。
The plague has broken out.
突然发生了鼠疫。