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 Greece leaves the eurozone, the contagion is impossible to predict, just as Lehman had unexpected consequences.
  如果希腊退出欧元区，危机将如何蔓延是无法预测的，就如雷曼（lehman）倒闭的后果出人意料一样。
• The euro zone offers scope for contagion, and confusion, on an epic scale.
  欧元区为经济危机蔓延和人们的困惑留下了前所未有的空间。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A European-backed rescue of Irish banks will reduce the risk of contagion from haircuts on interbank loans.
  以欧洲为后盾对爱尔兰银行实施救援，将降低银行间贷款折价蔓延的风险。
• The longer we wait, the more we allow the financial contagion to spread.
  我们等待的时间越长，我们允许金融传染扩散的范围就会越大。
• Initial commentary suggested that developed markets had suffered Asian contagion.
  最初的评论指出，发达国家市场受到了亚洲市场的传染。
• The ECB and the other members of the European Union have vetoed this idea, fearful of contagion.
  欧洲央行和其它欧盟（EU）成员国出于对危机蔓延的担忧，否决了这种构想。
• But it would surely generate contagion.
  但它肯定会产生传染效应。