1. (疾?。┑胤叫缘?,流行的 If a disease or illness is endemic in a place, it is frequently found among the people who live there.
e.g. Polio was then endemic among children my age. 那時(shí)小兒麻痹癥在我這個(gè)年紀的孩子中很常見(jiàn)。
2. (情況、問(wèn)題)常見(jiàn)的,流行的 If you say that a condition or problem is endemic, you mean that it is very common and strong, and cannot be dealt with easily.
e.g. Street crime is virtually endemic in large cities. 街頭犯罪近乎是大城市的通病。 e.g. ...powerful radicals with an endemic hatred and fear of the West. 普遍仇恨又懼怕西方世界的勢力強大的激進(jìn)分子
endemic英英釋義
noun
1. a plant that is native to a certain limited area
e.g. it is an endemic found only this island
2. a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
Synonym: endemic disease
adj
1. originating where it is found
e.g. the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo autochthonous rocks and people and folktales endemic folkways the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan