outbreak['autbreik]

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爆發(fā)（名詞）

(noun) A sudden occurrence of something very negative. (NOTE: often used in reference to a disease, or to violence)

EXAMPLE: An outbreak of the mysterious disease was reported yesterday in the city, and three people have died already.

有報導(dǎo)稱,，昨天這座城市爆發(fā)了一種神秘的疾病，已有三人死亡,。

to be not half bad

沒有想象的差

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To be not as bad as might have been expected.

EXAMPLE: Most formal receptions bore me, but the event I went to yesterday was not half bad.

大多數(shù)正式招待會都讓我厭煩,，但昨天我參加的活動沒有想象的差。