virulence

🇺🇸 /ˈvɪrələns/ 🇬🇧 /ˈvɪrələns/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
noun
R

The severity or deadliness of a disease-causing agent.

The new strain of the flu virus showed an alarming increase in virulence.

這種新流感病毒株的致病性出現了令人擔憂的增長。

R

The intensity of a negative emotion or action.

The virulence of his criticism left no room for compromise.

他批評的尖銳程度沒有留下任何妥協的餘地。

translation

n. 毒力, 惡意

詞形變化

Plural virulences