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South-east Asia is battling to contain the spread of highly contagious1 African swine fever, known as "pig Ebola", which has already led to the culling2 of millions of pigs in China and Vietnam. African swine fever, which is harmless to humans but fatal to pigs, was discovered in China in August, where it has caused havoc4, leading to more than 1.2m pigs being culled5. China is home to almost half of the world's pigs and the news sent the global price of pork soaring.

battle: n. 斗争 vi. 作战

battle field: 战场

contain: vt. 控制；包含

contagious: adj. 传染的

swine: n. 猪

fever: n. 高烧

cull3: n. 捕杀

fatal: adj. 致命的

havoc: n. 大破坏

pork: n. 猪肉

soar: vi. 上涨


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1 contagious TZ0yl     
adj.传染性的，有感染力的
参考例句：
  • It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
  • He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。
2 culling 3de85f6723726749ca816af963f0d3b5     
n.选择，大批物品中剔出劣质货v.挑选，剔除( cull的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • The mathematicians turned to culling periodic solutions. 数学家们转而去挑选周期解。 来自辞典例句
  • It took us a week to find you, a week of culling out prejudice and hatred. 我们花了一个星期的时间找到你们，把偏见和憎恨剔除出去。 来自演讲部分
3 cull knlzn     
v.拣选；剔除；n.拣出的东西；剔除
参考例句：
  • It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。
  • Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。
4 havoc 9eyxY     
n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱
参考例句：
  • The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
  • This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
5 culled 14df4bc70f6bf01d83bf7c2929113cee     
v.挑选，剔除( cull的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜。 来自辞典例句
  • The facts were culled from various sources. 这些事实是从各方收集到的。 来自辞典例句

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