endemic

英 [enˈdem.ɪk]      美 [enˈdem.ɪk]
  • adj. 地方性的;风土的
  • n. 地方病
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记忆“endemic”的方法是将其分解为“en”+“dem”+“ic”。联想一个场景:人们("dem")住在(“en”)一个地区,那里的某种现象(“ic”)一直存在,就像是这个地区的“本地特产”。这样,“endemic”就代表某种现象或疾病局限于特定地区且长期存在。

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endemic 地方性的

en-, 进入,使。-demic, 人民,区域,词源同demotic, democracy.

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.
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。
2. Street crime is virtually endemic in large cities.
街头犯罪近乎是大城市的通病。
3. Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.
疟疾是许多气候炎热国家的流行病。
4. He said that racism is endemic in this country.
他说种族主义在该国很普遍.
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.