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
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEndemic is used with these nouns:- corruption
- violence
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).- endemic (in…)