disease和plague的区别是什么

disease引申可指对社会、心理方面有害的，有破坏性的或不健康的状态；plague的基本意思是“烦扰”，指因某事物使某人烦扰，也可指给某人造成麻烦或困难。

The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.

这种疾病传播的条件已经成熟。

The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke.

该疾病一下子就使4,000万只兔子丧命。

Smoking places you at serious risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease.

吸烟会大大增加罹患心血管和呼吸道疾病的风险。

A great plague was then raging in the city.

那时一场大瘟疫正在该城肆虐。

The plague has broken out.

突然发生了鼠疫。