“流行病” 可不是 popular disease！

流行病 ≠ popular disease

popular /?pɑ?pj?l?r/

adj. 收人歡迎的;喜愛的;當(dāng)紅的;通俗的

popular 是一個(gè)偏向褒義的詞，

流行起來的前提是大家都喜歡的。

比如：

popular music 流行音樂

popular game 受大眾喜歡的游戲

a popular singer 一個(gè)受歡迎的歌手

disease (疾病)是一種大家都敬而遠(yuǎn)之的東西，

自然不能用popular修飾。

關(guān)于“流行病”該怎么翻譯，

我們先看看世衛(wèi)組織的聲明

For the first time, the World Health Organization called the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, a pandemic.

世界衛(wèi)生組織首次稱新型冠狀病毒COVID-19為全球大流行疾病。

pandemic /pæn?dem.?k/

adj. (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants

(疾病)大規(guī)模流行的，廣泛蔓延的

例：

In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

在世界上一些地區(qū)瘧疾仍在大規(guī)模流行。

n. a pandemic disease

大流行病

例：

a pandemic of influenza

流感大爆發(fā)

an influenza pandemic

流感大爆發(fā)

To understand what is a pandemic , we have to talk about what an outbreak, an epidemic and a pandemic mean.

為了理解什么是pandemic，我們必須討論outbreak、epidemic和pandemic的意思是什么。

outbreak

n. a time when something suddenly begins, especially a disease or something elsedangerous or unpleasant

(尤指疾病、危險(xiǎn)或不快之事的)發(fā)作，暴發(fā)，突然發(fā)生

例：

an outbreak of cholera/food poisoning/rioting/war

霍亂/食物中毒/騷亂/戰(zhàn)爭的暴發(fā)

An outbreak occurs when there is an increase, often suddenly, of the number of cases of that disease, above the usual expected number of cases in a particular area.

當(dāng)該疾病的病例數(shù)突然增加，超過某一特定地區(qū)通常預(yù)期的病例數(shù)時(shí)，就會(huì)發(fā)生outbreak。

epidemic /ep? dem?k/

n. the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time

(疾病的)流行，傳染

例：

a flu epidemic

流感的傳播

An outbreak is the term used for a more limited area, and epidemic is used for larger, more widespread populations. Epidemics are usually confined to one city or region, or even a country.

Outbreak指向的區(qū)域范圍更小，而epidemic則指范圍更廣、人口更多的地區(qū)。Epidemic通常限于一個(gè)城市或地區(qū)，甚至一個(gè)國家。

A pandemic is an epidemic that has spread over several countries and continents, and affects a large group of people.

Pandemic是一種已經(jīng)蔓延到幾個(gè)國家和大洲，并影響到一大群人的流行病。

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Ref：

https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/health/2020/03/12/is-covid-19-an-outbreak-an-epidemic-or-a-pandemic

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/11/814474930/coronavirus-covid-19-is-now-officially-a-pandemic-who-says?t=1584066810116