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词汇 virulence
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Definition of virulence in English:

virulence

noun ˈvɪrʊl(ə)nsˈvɪrjʊl(ə)nsˈvɪr(j)ələns
mass noun
  • 1The severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison.

    the proportion of birds which die depends on the virulence of the virus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the late 1870s, the Royal Navy refused to visit, because of the virulence of venereal infection there.
    • Their work may help other scientists who are investigating the virulence of other major food-borne pathogens.
    • Some of the new genes may contribute to the organism's virulence.
    • Pasteur's breakthrough with the principle of attenuating viruses—reducing their virulence—came in 1876.
    • The leishmania genes that determine virulence will be identified.
  • 2Bitter hostility; rancour.

    he was clearly pained by the virulence of the attacks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The virulence of sectarianism there remains a major threat to the newly devolved institutions.
    • Even the wording of the wedding invitation has stirred up interfamilial virulence.
    • What's interesting is the virulence of opinion on the opposing sides.
    • You wonder why Sartre at the age of 50, when he wrote the book, must attack his childhood with such virulence.
    • I was startled by the severity and virulence with which he delivered the sentence at the end of the trial.

Definition of virulence in US English:

virulence

nounˈvɪr(j)ələnsˈvir(y)ələns
  • 1The severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison.

    the proportion of birds which die depends on the virulence of the virus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their work may help other scientists who are investigating the virulence of other major food-borne pathogens.
    • Some of the new genes may contribute to the organism's virulence.
    • In the late 1870s, the Royal Navy refused to visit, because of the virulence of venereal infection there.
    • The leishmania genes that determine virulence will be identified.
    • Pasteur's breakthrough with the principle of attenuating viruses—reducing their virulence—came in 1876.
  • 2Bitter hostility; rancor.

    he was clearly pained by the virulence of the attacks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What's interesting is the virulence of opinion on the opposing sides.
    • The virulence of sectarianism there remains a major threat to the newly devolved institutions.
    • Even the wording of the wedding invitation has stirred up interfamilial virulence.
    • I was startled by the severity and virulence with which he delivered the sentence at the end of the trial.
    • You wonder why Sartre at the age of 50, when he wrote the book, must attack his childhood with such virulence.
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