endemic
英 [enˈdem.ɪk]
美 [enˈdem.ɪk]
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.