endemic

蔓延している、常在する

特定の地域の人々の間で、いつも見られ広く存在している。

やさしい英語で： Regularly present and widespread among people in a particular place.

• Corruption is endemic in the government.
• The disease remains endemic in several countries.
• They are tackling poverty that has become endemic in the region.

使い方： endemic in somewhere (Malaria is endemic in parts of the country.); endemic to somewhere (The disease is endemic to this region.)

類義語： widespread, persistent

よく使う表現： endemic disease, endemic corruption, endemic in somewhere

固有の

自然の状態では、特定の場所にしか存在しない。

やさしい英語で： Naturally found in only one particular place.

• This frog is endemic to the island.
• The forest contains several endemic plants.
• Scientists discovered a fish endemic to that lake.

使い方： endemic to somewhere (This bird is endemic to the island.)

類義語： indigenous, precinctive

よく使う表現： endemic species, endemic plants, endemic to somewhere

土着の

ある場所や文化で自然に生まれた。

やさしい英語で： Originating naturally in a particular place or culture.

• The museum studies the region's endemic traditions.
• These beliefs are endemic to the local culture.
• Researchers compared endemic religions with those introduced from elsewhere.

使い方： endemic to somewhere (These customs are endemic to the region.)

類義語： native, indigenous

反対語： foreign, introduced

よく使う表現： endemic traditions, endemic culture, endemic to somewhere