表示流行病的pandemic和epidemic有什么区别?
<p>近日，韩国、日本、意大利等国新冠肺炎确诊病例急剧增加，<span word="epidemic">epidemic</span>和<span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>这两个词频频在外媒报道中出现。那么到底应该用<span word="epidemic">epidemic</span>，还是<span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>呢？</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="epidemic">epidemic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="do">do</span>. <span word="While">While</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="closely">closely</span> <span word="related">related</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="don">don</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="refer">refer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>.</p><p>新冠病毒持续在全球传播之际，<span word="epidemic">epidemic</span>和<span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>这两个词比往常更频繁地在资讯报道中出现。尽管这两个词很相近，但二者指的不是同一种东西。</p>
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