英語翻譯：

epidemic disease; pestilence

例句：

1. 地震之后緊跟著就是瘟疫。
   Plague came in the wake of earthquake.
2. 突然發(fā)生了鼠疫。
   The plague has broken out.
3. 那時一場大瘟疫正在該城肆虐。
   A great plague was then raging in the city.
4. 過去幾年的大旱災(zāi)就好像是《圣經(jīng)》里講到的瘟疫，是上帝對我們的考驗。
   The disastrous droughts of the past few years are just biblical plagues sent to try us.