英 [ˈaʊtbreɪk] 美 [ˈaʊtbreɪk]
n. （战争、疾病、暴力等的）爆发，突然发生
复数outbreaks
outbreak /ˈaʊtˌbreɪk/ CET6 TEM4
可数名词 If there is an outbreak of something unpleasant, such as violence or a disease, it suddenly starts to happen. (暴动、疾病等的) 爆发
The four-day festival ended a day early after an outbreak of violence involving hundreds of youths.
由于一起数百名年轻人参与的暴力事件的爆发，为期4天的庆祝活动提前1天结束。
...an outbreak of chickenpox.
…水痘的暴发。
爆发
猖獗;大发生
爆发
1995年所上映的《 恐怖地带 》( Outbreak)是因为来自非洲的依波拉病毒杀人威力强大,曾是传媒热烈报导的头条新闻.
3、爆发(Outbreak)：在一集体单位或小居民区短时 、爆发 ： 间内突然发生许多病例的现象。 间内突然发生许多病例的现象。
好莱坞电影《极度恐慌（Outbreak）》（又名《蔓延》、《危机总动员 》、《恐怖地带》）就是以埃博拉病毒作为故事背景的。
疾病○ 暴发（outbreak）：指在一个局部地区或集中单位中，短时间内突然有很多相同的病例出现。
The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
那一地区爆发了霍乱。
His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war.
他的死引发了一系列的事件，从而导致了战争的爆发。
He was interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of the Second World War.
他在第二次世界大战爆发时被作为敌国侨民扣押了。
A "tornado outbreak" is often defined as six or more tornadoes produced by the same weather system within a day.
VOA : special.2010.05.11
Now at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War Socrates was just under 40 years of age.
伯罗奔尼撒战争爆发时,苏格拉底才快要接近40岁。
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And any way, Hobbes, however, was deeply distressed by the outbreak of war, and he spent a great deal of time reflecting on the causes of war and political disorder.
无论如何，霍布斯对战争的爆发,感到深深地压抑，因此他花了大量的时间反思,战争爆发的原因和政治秩序。
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In April,after the first cases in the United States, officials told schools to close at the first sign of an H1N1 outbreak.
VOA : special.2009.08.05
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared the end of an outbreak of Ebola virus.
VOA : special.2009.02.23
With the outbreak of World War I the reputation of the Germanic gnome plummeted.
An outbreak of polio this year among Angola's internal refugees has affected at least 1, 000 people.
Children between the age of 10 and 18 are the hardest hit group in the outbreak.