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近日，韩国、日本、意大利等国新冠肺炎确诊病例急剧增加，epidemic和pandemic这两个词频频在外媒报道中出现。那么到底应该用epidemic，还是pandemic呢？ As the new coronavirus continues to spread around the world, the words epidemic and pandemic are showing up in news reports more often than they usually do. While the terms are closely related, they don’t refer to the same thing. 新冠病毒持续在全球传播之际，epidemic和pandemic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。 | 
