endemic
英 [en'dem?k]
美[?n'd?m?k]
- adj. 地方性的；风土的
- n. 地方病
TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
中文词源
endemic 地方性的
en-, 进入，使。-demic, 人民，区域，词源同demotic, democracy.
英文词源
- endemic (adj.)
- "particular to a people or locality," 1650s (endemical), with -ic + Greek endemos "native, dwelling in (a place), of or belonging to a people," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + demos "people, district" (see demotic). From 1660s as a noun.
双语例句
- 1. Polio was then endemic among children my age.
- 那时小儿麻痹症在我这个年纪的孩子中很常见。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Street crime is virtually endemic in large cities.
- 街头犯罪近乎是大城市的通病。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.
- 疟疾是许多气候炎热国家的流行病。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. He said that racism is endemic in this country.
- 他说种族主义在该国很普遍.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.
- 这种胸部疾病是流行于本地区矿工中的地方病.
来自《简明英汉词典》