- [countable, usually singular] incidence of something (formal)
the extent to which something happens or has an effect 发生范围;影响程度;发生率 an area with a high incidence of crime 犯罪率高的地区
Extra ExamplesThe country had the lowest incidence of AIDS cases proportional to its population. 相对于人口而言,该国艾滋病发病率是最低的。 The lack of vitamins may explain the higher incidence of heart disease. 缺乏维生素也许是心脏病发病率较高的原因。 There is a greater incidence of cancer in the families of radiation workers. 接触放射性物质的工作人员,其家属的癌症发病率要更高一些。 the highest recorded incidence of air pollution 有记录以来最高的空气污染发生率
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
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- have
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- rate
- incidence among
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physics )物理 the way in which light meets a surface 入射(角) the angle of incidence 入射角
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a casual or subordinate event): from Old French, or from medieval Latin incidentia, from Latin incidere ‘fall upon, happen to’, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’. Sense (1) dates from the early 19th cent.