there was an immediate outbreak of paper shuffling and a pretense of work when the supervisor passed through the room the government quelled the outbreak with ruthless efficiency
Recent Examples on the WebExperts believe the North’s disclosures on its outbreak are manipulated to help Kim maintain absolute control. Kim Tong-hyung, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 The shadow cast by the orb, with its little outbreak of color on a roof that is otherwise unrelentingly gray, is weirdly riveting.Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 But since disclosing its Covid outbreak in May, Pyongyang had stayed relatively quiet for more than two months. Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 But the small country is now grappling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak on record and struggling to rein in infections. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2022 The country's statements about its outbreak are widely believed to be manipulated to help Kim Jong Un maintain absolute authority. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022 North Korea's statements about its outbreak are widely doubted and are thought to be aimed at helping Kim maintain absolute control of the country.Fox News, 11 Aug. 2022 That was soon followed by Ghana’s first ever reported death from the viral illness along with its first ever outbreak of MVD. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 North Korea also admitted to its first COVID-19 outbreak in May, though the scale of illness and death is widely disputed in a country that lacks the modern medical capacity to handle it. Hyung-jin Kim, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + OUTBREAK | OUTBREAK + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤large, major, serious, severe大爆發;嚴重爆發;劇烈爆發▸➤fresh, further, new新的爆發;進一步的爆發▸➤recent最近的爆發▸➤occasional, periodic, sporadic偶爾的爆發;週期性的爆發;零星的爆發▸➤recurrent, repeated反複爆發▸➤sudden突然的爆發▸➤disease疾病的爆發▸➤cholera, flu, salmonella, etc.霍亂、流感、沙門氏菌病等的爆發VERB + OUTBREAK➤cause, lead to引起/導致爆發◇the events that led to the outbreak of war導致戰爭爆發的事件➤prevent阻止爆發OUTBREAK + VERB➤occur突然發生PREPOSITION➤outbreak of⋯的爆發◇A new outbreak of smallpox occurred in 1928.1928 年爆發了新一輪的天花。PHRASES➤an outbreak of disease疾病的爆發▸➤outbreaks of rain (BrE) 大雨的突降▸➤an outbreak of war, fighting, hostilities, violence, etc.戰爭、戰鬥、敵對行為、暴力衝突等的爆發