| 词汇 | spate of something |
| 释义 | spate of somethingspate of something LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa large number of similar things that happen in a short period of time, especially bad things 一连串[接二连三]的某事〔尤指不好的事情〕 a spate of burglaries 接连发生的入室盗窃案 Examples from the Corpus spate of something• The party lost power three years ago after a spate of political scandals.• An alarming spate of bombings has caused widespread panic.• The company has yet to respond to the recent spate of lawsuits filed against it. → spate of something at spate(1) |
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