Outbreak
[ 'aʊtbrek ]
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n. （战争，怒气等的）爆发;突然发生;
vi. 爆发;
💡 词根助记
out外，出+break断裂→事情断裂→爆发
📝 例句
A piece of incredible folly on the part of the company precipitated an outbreak.
公司方面做出一件难以置信的蠢事促成了一次暴动。
the outbreak of the Second World War
第二次世界大战的爆发
And still the cause of the phocomelia outbreak remained unknown.
然而，畸形儿病例大量发生的原因不得而知。
Doctor Mudd saved many prisoners and guards in a yellow fever outbreak.
马德医生在一场黄热病流行时治愈了许多囚犯和看守。
A Hercules could not have resisted a similar outbreak of enthusiasm.
哪怕是个大力士也抗不了这样的兴奋
🌱 联想助记
【记】out-出、外,break-破碎:某物的局部破裂,里面的一些东西冲了出来
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
outbreak
n
sudden appearance or start (esp of disease or violence) 爆发, 突然发生, 发作（尤指疾病或暴力行为）
an outbreak of typhoid, hostilities, rioting 伤寒的发作、 战争的爆发、 暴乱的发生.
🎯 考研助记
break out 爆发 网友：yqy补充： out外+break断裂→在外面爆发战争（谁愿意在本国爆发呢）
🔁 扩展释义
*['autbreik]n. 爆发, 暴动【医】 暴发
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It doesn't matter.
没关系。
When work continued, one man lit a cigarette as he was working, but, finding it had a strange taste, he put it out.
随后他们继续干活，一个工人在干活时点燃了一支香烟。可是他觉得有一股怪味，他就把烟灭了。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。