1N-COUNT 插曲;事件;时期 You can refer to an event or a short period of time as an episode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality. 插曲;事件;时期
This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.
这一事件肯定会让华盛顿非常难堪。
Unfortunately it was a rather sordid episode of my life. [+ of]
不幸的是,这是我人生中非常不光彩的一段经历。
2N-COUNT (广播剧或电视剧的)一集;(杂志连载故事的)一节 An episode 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. (广播剧或电视剧的)一集;(杂志连载故事的)一节 [Also + of]
3N-COUNT 患病期;(病症的)发作期 An episode of an illness is short period in which a person who suffers from it is affected by it particularly badly. 患病期;(病症的)发作期 [medicine]
...people who'd suffered a third episode of depression in two years.
两年内忧郁症3次发作的人
The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.