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scourge

美 [skɜːrdʒ]英 [skɜːdʒ]
  • n.祸害;天灾;灾害;(旧时用作刑具的)鞭子;祸根
  • vt.鞭打;使痛苦;折磨;鞭笞;使受苦难

复数: scourges 过去式: scourged 现在分词: scourging 过去分词: scourged 第三人称单数: scourges

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noun

1

祸害;祸根;灾害
a person or thing that causes trouble or suffering

the scourge of war/disease/poverty

战争 / 疾病 / 贫穷之苦

Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s.

通货膨胀曾是20世纪70年代的祸患。

2

(旧时用作刑具的)鞭子
a whip used to punish people in the past

verb

1

折磨;使受苦难;使痛苦
to cause trouble or suffering to sb

He lay awake, scourged by his conscience.

他备受良心的折磨,不能入睡。

2

鞭打;鞭笞
to hit sb with a scourge

scourge

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 灾难;祸害
    A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.

    ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism...

    20 年来消灭恐怖主义祸害的最佳机会

  • 2
    VERB 使痛苦;危害;折磨
    If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.

    Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.

    经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

noun

1
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
Synonym: flagellum
2
a person who inspires fear or dread
he was the terror of the neighborhood
Synonym: terror threat
3
something causing misery or death
the bane of my life
Synonym: bane curse nemesis

verb

1
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonym: lay waste to waste devastate desolate ravage
2
whip
The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Synonym: flagellate
3
punish severely;excoriate

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  1. I think Obliterate just needs to do more damage and Scourge Strike less .

    我认为应该增加湮灭,减少天灾打击的伤害。

  2. If love could not resist this scourge , but faith can be sad to open .

    就算用爱抵挡不了这天灾,但信念可将悲伤都化开。

  3. Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s .

    通货膨胀曾是20世纪70年代的祸患。

  4. He lay awake , scourged by his conscience .

    他备受良心的折磨,不能入睡。

  5. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world .

    经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

  6. Farmers don 't need much prompting to tell you that ' flaming dog owners ' are the scourge of their lives .

    不用怎么提示农场主们就会告诉你,“该死的养狗人”是他们生活的灾星。

  7. If you can rid our monastery of this scourge , that would be a great happiness for us !

    你若能为我僧院除了这条祸根,正是三生有幸了!

  8. Captain White scourged his crew without mercy .

    船长怀特无情地鞭挞船员。

  9. Throughout the ages the Huang He River has been a scourge of the nation .

    黄河在历史上经常引起祸害。

  10. Heaven above and earth below ; witness my determination ; and may gods and men scourge me should I fail in my duty or be ungrateful .

    皇天后土,实鉴此心。背义忘恩,天人共戮。(《三国演义》)

  11. Believe , if Internet remains great scourges , also won 't have present dimensions .

    相信,如果互联网仍然是洪水猛兽,也不会有现在的规模。

  12. The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient .

    新老板来了以后,不称职的人就遭殃了。

  13. Textile workers suffer from three scourges -- noise , dust and humidity .

    纱厂工人的三大威胁,就是音响、尘埃和湿气

  14. The shroud also contains traces of blood and marks consistent with scourging and crucifixion .

    这张裹尸布上有着鲜血的痕迹以及带有苦难与拷问的标记。

  15. unity and stability are a blessing while secession and riots are a scourge

    团结稳定是福、分裂动乱是祸

  16. I should not deserve such a scourging to the bone as this .

    我也不应该受这样痛澈骨髓的鞭打呀。

  17. He was scourged by the memory of his misdeeds .

    他对以往的胡作非为的回忆使得他精神上受惩罚。

  18. AIDS has been described as the scourge of the modern world .

    艾滋病被说成是现代社会的天罚。

  19. As a scourge of the modern world , obesity has an image problem .

    作为现代社会的一种祸害,肥胖症有一个形象问题。

  20. This scourge must be stopped , he thought to himself .

    他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。

  21. And if you weren 't working hard enough , he would scourge you ,

    如果你工作的不够努力,他就会折磨鞭笞�

  22. Tax evasion is a scourge across the world , he said .

    逃税是全世界的一大难题,他说。

  23. As well as typhoons , another ancient scourge still threatens .

    和台风一样,另一个古老的天谴仍旧威胁著。

  24. Love , a kind of anesthesia itself , the scourge of others .

    爱情,一种麻醉自己,祸害别人的东西。

  25. This water conservancy project eliminated the scourge of floods in this area .

    这项水利工程使这一带的水患得到了根除。

  26. The end of smallpox as a scourge in the western world .

    天花作为西方世界灾难的绝迹。

  27. For fifty years the country was scourged by war .

    这个国家被战火蹂躏了50年。

  28. There is such a flood of statistical forms that they become a scourge .

    表报之多,闹得泛滥成灾。

  29. After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease .

    战乱之后瘟疫又接踵而来。

  30. The country was scourged by disease and war .

    这个国家倍受战争与疾病之苦。