outbreak

名词 outbreak:

1. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
   同义词：eruption, irruption

1. The area was struck by an outbreak of cholera.
   该地区突然发生了霍乱。
2. The hospital wards were fumigated after the outbreak of typhus.
   发现斑疹伤寒以後，医院的病房进行了烟熏消毒。
3. In the years immediately preceding the outbreak of war in1939, Hitler succeeded in annexing various parts of Europe to Germany without firing a shot.
   在1939年大战爆发的前几年，希特勒没开一抢而成功地把欧洲许多地区并吞为德国领土。
4. The research project fetched up because of the outbreak of the war.
   由于战争爆发，这个研究计划搁浅了。
5. The outbreak of riot caused many people to die.
   暴乱的发生使很多人丧生。
6. There has been an outbreak of typhoid.
   那儿正爆发伤寒。

out.break

n.（名词）
A sudden increase:
突然发生：
例句：
an outbreak of influenza.
流感突发

A sudden eruption; an outburst:
突然爆发：
例句：
.an outbreak of strikes, violent agitation, and arrests.(Samuel Chew)
.罢工、骚乱和逮捕行动的突然爆发.(塞缪尔·楚)