virulence
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Virulence is great bitterness and hostility. 惡毒; 敵意[正式] [oft N 'of' n]
The virulence of the café owner's anger had appalled her. 這位咖啡店老板非常憤怒，充滿敵意，把她給嚇壞了。
2. N-UNCOUNT The virulence of a disease or poison is its ability to harm or kill people or animals. 毒性; 致命性
Medical authorities were baffled, both as to its causes and its virulence. 醫(yī)療當(dāng)局對(duì)其病因及有多致命都還不怎么了解。
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virulence /?v?r?l?ns/
劍橋詞典
- the danger and speed of spreading of a disease
（疾病的）致命性，嚴(yán)重性
The virulence of the disease is causing great concern in medical circles . 這種病的高致命性已經(jīng)引起了醫(yī)學(xué)界的極大關(guān)注。
formal
very strong feelings of hating or opposing something or someone
惡毒；狠毒
We are witnessing racism of a virulence that we haven't seen in Europe since the 1940s. 我們正在親眼目睹歐洲自20世紀(jì)40年代以來(lái)從未出現(xiàn)過(guò)的惡毒的種族主義。 返回 virulence