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pestilence /'pestilans; 'pestBns/ n [C, U] (any kind of) fatal epidemic disease, esp bubonic plague. (任何一种)瘟疫; 恶疫(尤指腺鼠疫)。 pesti-lent /-ant; -ant/ pestilential /esti'lenfl; zpcstrcnjal/ adj 1 like a ~; carrying infection. 似瘟立的; 似恶疫的; 传染的。 2 (colloq) extremely annoying or objectionable: (G)K其恼入的; 极讨厌的; 最可京的： These pestilential flies/children give me no peace. 这些可恶的苍蝇 (小孩子) 使我不得安宁。 |