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wave3 noun Huge waves were breaking on the shore. 巨浪拍打着海岸。a wave of fear/desire 一阵恐惧／欲望a wave of violence 暴力的浪潮wave ♦︎ outbreak ♦︎ epidemic ♦︎ spate ♦︎ rashThese are all words for a sudden increase in a particular activity. 这些词均表示行动的浪潮。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a wave / an outbreak / an epidemic / a spate / a rash of sth◆a sudden wave / outbreak / epidemic (of sth)◆a major / new wave / outbreak / epidemic◆the recent / latest / renewed wave / outbreak / spate (of sth)◆a cholera / flu outbreak / epidemic◆to lead to a wave / an outbreak / an epidemic / a spate / a rash (of sth)◆to result in a wave / an outbreak / a spate / a rash◆a wave / outbreak / epidemic (of sth) occurs■ wave [countable] (especially journalism 尤用于新闻) a sudden increase in a particular activity, often sth unpleasant （常指令人不快的活动的）浪潮◆A wave of violence swept the country.暴力浪潮席卷全国。◆How are the police dealing with the latest crime wave?警方将如何应对最近的犯罪潮呢？◆The first wave of immigration came in the 1950s.第一次移民潮始于20世纪50年代。ⓘ Wave is often used to describe activities that increase and decrease several times over a period of time; you can talk about a new/fresh wave of sth or the first/second/next/latest wave of sth. * wave常用于描述在一段时间内多次出现增加或减少的活动，可以说new/fresh wave或the first/second/next/latest wave。■ outbreak / /ˈaʊtbreɪk/ / [countable] the sudden start of sth unpleasant, especially violence or a disease （尤指暴力、疾病等的）爆发，突然发生◆the outbreak of war战争的爆发◆an outbreak of hostilities / typhoid敌对行为／伤寒的爆发◆Outbreaks of rain are expected in the afternoon.下午将有暴雨。 see also break out ⇨ break out ■ epidemic / /ˌepɪˈdemɪk/ / [countable] a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community; a sudden rapid increase in how often sth bad happens 流行病；（迅速的）蔓延，泛滥◆An epidemic of measles broke out, and over 200 children died.麻疹爆发导致200多名儿童死亡。◆Car theft is now reaching epidemic proportions.盗车犯罪已堪称盛行。ⓘ Epidemic can be used to talk about both the spread of an infectious disease and a large number of cases of diseases such as cancer and heart disease. * epidemic可以指传染病的蔓延，也可以指癌症、心脏病等疾病的流行。■ spate [countable, usually singular] (always followed by of 总是后接of) (especially journalism 尤用于新闻) a series of often unpleasant things that happen over a short period of time 接二连三，一连串（常指令人不悦之事）◆The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.这次爆炸事件是系列恐怖袭击最近的一起。■ rash [singular] (always followed by of 总是后接of) (especially journalism 尤用于新闻) a series of often unpleasant things that happen over a short period of time 接二连三，一连串（常指令人不悦之事）◆Rising prices are the result of the recent rash of strikes in the steel industry.价格上升乃钢铁行业近期接二连三的罢工所致。◆This is the latest in the recent rash of movies about life in prison.这是近来大量描写监狱生活的影片中最新的一部。NOTE 辨析 Spate or rash?In many cases you can use either word. Rash is usually used to talk about thefts, fights, strikes, accidents and complaints, but it is also often found in contexts relating to new films, movies, books and newspaper headlines. Spate is used more frequently than rash to talk about violence and other types of crime. Typical collocates of spate are attacks, bombings, burglaries, incidents, muggings and thefts. 在许多情况下这两个词可以通用。rash通常指theft、fight、strike、accident、complaint接二连三地发生，但是也常指film、movie、book和newspaper headline的大量面世。spate比rash更多指暴力或其他犯罪。spate的常见搭配词有attack、bombing、burglary、incident、mugging和theft。 |