Prevalence
['prev(ə)l(ə)ns;'prevəl(ə)ns;'prevələns] or ['prɛvə
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; 'he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future'.
(noun.) (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population.
手打:旺达--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity.[2]. Influence, efficacy, power, force, strength.[3]. Universality, wide extension, general reception.
手打:梅尔瓦
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Custom, power, influence, operation, extension, predominance, superiority,influence, efficacy, preponderance
ANT:Disuse, desuetude, obsoleteness, decay, evanescence, disappearance, mitigation,subordination, collapse, abandonment, abolition, diminution, subsidence,subjection
錄入:奥维尔
例句/造句/用法:
- The universal prevalence of Slavonic languages, except in Hungary, shows that the population remained predominantly Slav. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They are blended, said he, I acknowledge; and, were she prosperous, I could allow much for the occasional prevalence of the ridiculous over the good. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The Babylonian records of med icine like those of astronomy reveal the prevalence of many superstitious beliefs. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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