pandemic
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/pænˈdemɪk/
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/pænˈdemɪk/
An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide.
COVID-19 大流行影响了全球数百万人。
Affecting or involving a whole country, continent, or the whole world.
The pandemic effect of the virus was felt in every corner of the globe.
病毒的大流行效应在全球的每一个角落都能感受到。