词组 | outbreak |
释义 | outbreak noun a period when something suddenly starts happening, for example fighting or a diseaseadjectivesa recent outbreak A recent outbreak of food poisoning at the school left 10 students in hospital.the latest outbreak The latest outbreak of fighting began two weeks ago.a fresh outbreak There has been a fresh outbreak of the disease.a further outbreak (=another one) There was a further outbreak of strikes at the end of May.a serious/major/severe outbreak An illness that affects just a few children can soon become a major outbreak.a sudden outbreak There was a sudden outbreak of the disease in November.a prolonged outbreak (=lasting a long time) We want to avoid a prolonged outbreak of violence.sporadic outbreaks (=that happen often, but not regularly) There have been sporadic outbreaks of fighting in some parts of the country.periodic outbreaks (=that happen a number of times, sometimes regularly) A shortage of food led to periodic outbreaks of disorder.recurrent outbreaks (=that keep happening) The virus stays in your system and causes recurrent outbreaks of symptoms.occasional outbreaks (=that do not happen often) The disease does not affect adults, but we see occasional outbreaks in children.verbsprevent an outbreak How can we prevent a further outbreak of violence?cause/lead to an outbreak A lack of clean drinking water led to an outbreak of the disease.report an outbreak The hospital did not report the outbreak quickly enough.control an outbreak We need to control outbreaks of animal diseases.an outbreak happens also an outbreak occurs formal The first outbreak of trouble occurred in May.nouns + outbreaka flu/measles etc outbreak The hospitals are full because of a cholera outbreak.a food poisoning outbreak The latest food poisoning outbreak killed six people.prepositionsan outbreak of sth During one outbreak of fighting, a police officer was killed.phrasesoutbreaks of rain (=short periods of rain – used especially on weather reports) There are likely to be outbreaks of rain later in the afternoon. |
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