[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]接触传染Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
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。
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。
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[N-SING 单数名词](不良思想、态度、感情等的)传播,蔓延 You can use contagion to 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.
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[disapproval]
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]接触传染病 A contagion is a contagious disease.
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con·ta·gion/kənˈteɪdʒən; NAmEkənˈteɪdʒən/noun1[uncountable ]the spreading of a disease by people touching each other 接触传染◆There is no risk of contagion.没有接触传染的风险。2[countable ]( old use) a disease that can be spread by people touching each other 接触性传染病3[countable ]( formal) something bad that spreads quickly by being passed from person to person (不良事物的快速)传播,蔓延,扩散☞compare
1[uncountable] technical a situation in which a disease is spread by people touching each other: There is some danger of contagion.2[countable] technical a disease that can be passed from person to person by touch3[singular] formal a feeling or attitude that spreads quickly between people or places: a contagion of fear spread from city to city
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