其他形式

• (弃用)

词源

源自古希臘語 (en, “...里”) + (dêmos, “人民”)。可能经由 (éndēmos, “自己民族间的，家里的，本土的”)和/或法語 。

发音

• (標準英音，美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/, (less common) /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/

• （美国）音频：

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• （澳洲）音频：

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• 韻部：-ɛmɪk

形容词

(無比較級)

1. （某地、某民族）特有的

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

   复活节岛特有的宗教是波利西亚移民带来的。

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

   袋鼠是澳大利亚特有的动物。

2. (尤指疾病) 地方性的，（某地）特有的

   Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

   疟疾是热带地区的地方性疾病。

   • 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”

     These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2017 July 26, Lindsay Murdoch, “Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin and jail”, 出自 The Sydney Morning Herald;‎:

     In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.

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名词

(複數)

1. 某地区特有的人或物种
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 34:

     The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.

2. 地方性疾病

参考资料

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “endemic”, 《》（Online Etymology Dictionary）

词源

源自法語

形容词

 m 或 n (陰性單數，陽性複數，陰性和中性複數)

1. 地方性的，地区特有的