| 单词 | contagion |
| 释义 | contagion (kənteɪdʒən ) Word forms: contagions 1. uncountable noun Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease. I'm a blood donor; I can't risk any contagion. Synonyms: contamination, infection, corruption, pollution 2. singular noun [oft NOUN of noun] You can use contagion to refer to the spreading of ideas, or attitudes, or feelings that you consider to be bad or unacceptable from one group of people to another. [disapproval] He continues to insulate his country from the contagion of foreign ideas. Synonyms: spread, spreading, communication, passage 3. countable noun A contagion is a contagious disease. [old-fashioned] Collocations: contagion effect Central bankers are especially worried about the contagion effect. Times, Sunday Times The creditors' rule was intended to protect football leagues from a contagion effect in which one bankrupt club could bring down the whole league. Times, Sunday Times Ironically, the most effective therapists are most vulnerable to this mirroring or contagion effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When trouble breaks out, fear and contagion effects are extremely unpredictable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These effects can be viewed as direct effects on the participant, but also as systemic contagion effects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Meanwhile, the contagion is spreading to beasts with no protected status. Times, Sunday Times (2008) That looks less persuasive now that contagion is spreading anyway. Times, Sunday Times (2011) That transformation has significantly reduced the risks of financial contagion from a crisis in one sector. Times, Sunday Times (2007) So is the fear that financial contagion will spread. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Both were meant to offer protection against financial contagion but both spread it dangerously. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Because of the risk of financial contagion. Times, Sunday Times (2014) What has in fact happened is something closer to financial contagion, as many of the original mortgage borrowers have defaulted. Times, Sunday Times (2008) |
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