名詞 contagion:

1. any disease easily transmitted by contact
   同義詞：contagious disease
2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
   同義詞：infection, transmission
3. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
   同義詞：infection

1. Fear spread through the crowd like a contagion.
   人們心中的恐懼像瘟疫一樣蔓延開(kāi)來(lái)。
2. You'd better not touch these coats to avoid contagion.
   你最好不要碰這些衣服，好避免傳染病。

con.ta.gion

n.（名詞）

Disease transmission by direct or indirect contact.
接觸傳染：通過(guò)直接或間接接觸來(lái)傳播的疾病
A disease that is or may be transmitted by direct or indirect contact; a contagious disease.
接觸性傳染?。阂环N（可）由直接或間接接觸來(lái)傳播的疾??；接觸性傳染病
See contagium
參見(jiàn) contagium
A harmful, corrupting influence:
惡劣影響：一種腐化有害的影響：
例句：
feared that violence on television was a contagion affecting young viewers.
擔(dān)心電視節(jié)目中的暴力會(huì)對(duì)青少年觀眾產(chǎn)生不良影響

The tendency to spread, as of a doctrine, influence, or emotional state.
感染力：蔓延擴(kuò)散的傾向，如學(xué)說(shuō)、影響或情緒等

來(lái)源：
Middle English contagioun
中古英語(yǔ) contagioun
from Latin cont3giô cont3giôn-
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) cont3giô cont3giôn-
from contingere cont3ct- [to touch] * see contact
源自 contingere cont3ct- [接觸] *參見(jiàn) contact