pestilence

英文解釋：

名詞 pestilence:

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
   同義詞：plague, pest, pestis
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
   同義詞：plague, pest
3. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
   同義詞：canker

中英例句：

1. Help has been too little and too late or too far from where it was most needed. The flood-gates of famine and pestilence are already open.
   援助是那么少，那么晚，要不就是離急需的地區那么遠。這么一來饑荒和瘟疫就已經泛濫成災了。
2. A pestilence was raging in that area.
   瘟疫正在那個地方流行。