endemic

adjective
🔊/enˈdemɪk/
🔊/enˈdemɪk/
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  1. regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group of people and difficult to get rid of地方性的;(某地或某集体中)特有的,流行的,难摆脱的
    • endemic (in…) Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.疟疾是许多气候炎热国家的流行病。🔊🔊
    • Corruption is endemic in the system.腐败在这种制度下普遍存在。🔊🔊
    • endemic (among…) an attitude endemic among senior members of the profession此行业中的资深者普遍持有的看法
    • endemic (to…) species endemic to (= only found in) Madagascar马达加斯加特有的物种
    • the endemic problem of racism普遍存在的种族主义问题
    compare pandemic
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEndemic is used with these nouns:
    • corruption
    • violence
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).