1.插曲;事件;时期
You can refer to an event or a short period of time as anepisode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality.
e.g. Thisepisode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington...
这一事件肯定会让华盛顿非常难堪。
e.g. Unfortunately it was a rather sordidepisode of my life.
不幸的是,这是我人生中非常不光彩的一段经历。
2.(广播剧或电视剧的)一集;(杂志连载故事的)一节
Anepisode of something such as a series on radio or television or a story in a magazine is one of the separate parts in which it is broadcast or published.
episode的反义词
e.g. The finalepisode will be shown next Sunday.
下周日将播出最后一集。
3.患病期;(病症的)发作期
Anepisode of an illness is short period in which a person who suffers from it is affected by it particularly badly.
e.g. ...people who'd suffered a thirdepisode of depression in two years...
两年内忧郁症3次发作的人
e.g. The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。