morbidity 是一个名词,主要有两层含义:
/mɔːrˈbɪd.ə.ti/
The morbidity rate of this disease has decreased significantly over the past decade.
在过去十年中,这种疾病的发病率已显著下降。
There was a certain morbidity in his fascination with abandoned hospitals and forgotten graveyards, as though he were drawn to the places where life had quietly surrendered.
他对废弃医院和被遗忘的墓地有一种病态的迷恋,仿佛他被那些生命悄然消逝的地方所吸引。
morbidity 源自拉丁语 morbidus,意为"生病的、不健康的",其词根为 morbus(疾病)。该词经由法语进入英语,最初主要用于医学语境,指代疾病状态或发病率。后来词义扩展,也用来形容一种对阴暗、死亡或令人不快事物的病态关注。后缀 -ity 表示性质或状态。