contagion

英 [kənˈteɪdʒən]

美 [kənˈteɪdʒən]

n.  接触传染; 接触性传染病; (不良事物的快速)传播，蔓延，扩散

医学

BNC.34054 / COCA.18627

牛津词典

noun

• 接触传染
  the spreading of a disease by people touching each other
  1. There is no risk of contagion.
     没有接触传染的风险。
• 接触性传染病
  a disease that can be spread by people touching each other
• （不良事物的快速）传播，蔓延，扩散
  something bad that spreads quickly by being passed from person to person

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 接触传染
  Contagionis the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
  1. They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion...
     他们一直不愿接纳艾滋病患者，部分原因是无来由地害怕被接触传染。
  2. I'm a blood donor; I can't risk any contagion.
     我是献血者，我不能冒任何接触传染的危险。
• N-SING (不良思想、态度、感情等的)传播，蔓延
  You can usecontagionto refer to the spreading of ideas, or attitudes, or feelings that you consider to be bad or unacceptable from one group of people to another.
  1. He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas.
     他继续使本国远离外来思想的侵袭。
• 接触传染病
  Acontagionis a contagious disease.

英英释义

noun

• the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
  1. a contagion of mirth
  2. the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
  Synonym:infection
• an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  Synonym:infectiontransmission
• any disease easily transmitted by contact
  Synonym:contagious disease

双语例句

• If this sparked a fire sale of dollar assets, contagion could spread to US banks.
  如果这导致美元资产被贱卖，那么危机可能会蔓延至美国银行。
• Yet this alone will not dispel the risks of contagion.
  不过，仅靠上述措施还不足以消除危机蔓延的风险。
• He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas.
  他继续使本国远离外来思想的侵袭。
• The Fed will look for signs that its moves have stopped the contagion.
  美联储将密切关注市场迹象，看看其举措是否阻止了危机蔓延。
• A Comparative Research of 1997 and 2008 Financial Crises 'Contagion in East Asia
  1997年和2008年金融危机对东亚的传染性比较研究
• But in a system-wide breakdown, it also fuelled contagion.
  但在系统性的崩溃中，它也会加剧危机的蔓延。
• This increases the risk of contagion between financial systems in the EU and accelerates that contagion.
  这增大了危机在欧盟各国金融体系蔓延的风险，而且会加快蔓延速度。
• In recent weeks, the financial contagion has spread to Europe, Asia, and scores of developing nations.
  最近几个星期来，金融问题蔓延到欧洲、亚洲和几十个发展中国家。
• But it would surely generate contagion.
  但它肯定会产生传染效应。
• Worst of all is the risk of global contagion.
  最糟糕的是，信贷紧缩有向全球蔓延的风险。