"I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"

The disease makes rapid progress.

病情迅速好转.

This disease is not contagious [ infectious ] .

这病不 传染.

After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease.

战乱之后瘟疫接踵而来.

Disease is usually caused by germs.

疾病通常是由病菌引起的.

The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunisation programmes.

免疫方案阻止了这种疾病的蔓延.

Only other sufferers know what it is like to be afflicted with this disease.

只有其他得过这种病的人才知道得这种病的痛苦滋味.

Its use spreads disease and impoverishes the land.

用了它之后,病害蔓延,土地贫瘠.

The disease is potentially fatal.

这种疾病可能会致命.

His research has contributed enormously to our understanding of this disease.

他的研究对我们认识这一疾病贡献很大.

A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.

缺少维生素D的饮食可能导致软骨病.

Prejudice is a social disease.

偏见是一种社会弊病.

Poverty and disease often go together.

贫穷和疾病时常相伴而来.

The doctor diagnosed my illness as a rare skin disease.

医生诊断我的病为罕见的皮肤病.

The newcomers lacked immunity against local strains of the disease.

新来的人对这一疾病在当地的几种类型缺乏免疫力.

The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.

医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病.

The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease.

针对公众对该疾病的不断蔓延日益担忧，从而出台了这一举措。

The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery.

早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。

People with the disease were often treated as social outcasts.

患有这种疾病的人常被社会摈弃。

drugs that effectively modulate the disease process

可以有效控制疾病发展的药品

an early warning of heart disease

心脏病的早期症状