English Dictionary

Typhoid Mary

名詞

A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.

日本語の意味

危険な病気、特に腸チフスなどを保菌し、拡散させる人物。特に、感染リスクを低減するための協力を拒む人。

When coworkers learned she had been working while sick, they began calling her a Typhoid Mary.

同僚たちが彼女が病気のまま働いていたと知ると、彼らは彼女を危険な病気を運び広める人物、特に感染リスクを減らすことに協力しない人と呼び始めた。

意味（1）

A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.

[…] Do you know what our great fear has been? That either the grayboys or the Ripley would find a Typhoid Mary, someone who could carry it and spread it without catching it him- or herself.

Typhoid Marys （ plural ）