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outbreak of [disease/unrest]
常用于疾病或冲突的爆发。
There has been an outbreak of measles in the city.
该市爆发了麻疹。
爆发，暴动
outbreaks — plural of outbreak
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爆发，暴动
a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
There has been an outbreak of measles in the city.
该市爆发了麻疹。
爆发；突然出现
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
突然增加
A sudden increase.
突然爆发
An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
越狱
Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”).
There was a sudden outbreak of flu at the school last week.
上周学校突然爆发了流感。
The health department is taking measures to prevent further outbreaks of the disease.
卫生部门正在采取措施防止该疾病的进一步爆发。
An outbreak of violence in the city led to a curfew being imposed.
城市中爆发的暴力事件导致实施了宵禁。
常用于疾病或冲突的爆发。
There has been an outbreak of measles in the city.
该市爆发了麻疹。
Improper hygiene can cause an outbreak of food poisoning.
卫生不当可能导致食物中毒的爆发。
An outbreak of violence occurred after the election.
选举后爆发了暴力事件。
Not this
The disease outbreak suddenly.
Use this
The disease broke out suddenly.
Outbreak是名词，不能作动词。表示'爆发'应用动词短语break out。
Not this
There was outbreak of flu.
Use this
There was an outbreak of flu.
Outbreak是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词a/an。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
疾病爆发
The government quickly responded to the disease outbreak.
政府迅速应对了疾病爆发。
暴力爆发
The outbreak of violence led to a curfew.
暴力爆发导致了宵禁。
战争爆发
The outbreak of war shocked the world.
战争的爆发震惊了世界。
流感爆发
The flu outbreak forced schools to close.
流感爆发迫使学校关闭。
火灾爆发
The outbreak of fire was quickly contained by firefighters.
火灾的爆发很快被消防员控制住了。
控制爆发
Health officials worked tirelessly to contain the outbreak.
卫生官员不懈努力以控制疫情爆发。
出现疫情了！
In the 1995 film 'Outbreak', a character shouts this line as a deadly virus spreads.
在1995年电影《恐怖地带》中，一名角色在致命病毒传播时喊出这句台词。
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out（出去）+ break（破裂）→ 爆发，如火山突然喷发。
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Words with '-break' (breakthrough, breakdown) share the /breɪk/ ending with outbreak. Words with 'out-' have different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.