plague
- n.瘟疫;(老鼠或昆虫等肆虐造成的)灾害，祸患;死亡率高的传染病
- vt.困扰;折磨;纠缠;缠扰;使受煎熬;给…造成长时间的痛苦(或麻烦);缠磨
复数： plagues 现在分词： plaguing 过去分词： plagued 第三人称单数： plagues
plag- 击打 + -ue
plaguenoun
an outbreak of plague
鼠疫的爆发
死亡率高的传染病
any infectious disease that kills a lot of people
the plague of AIDS
艾滋病这种严重的传染病
（老鼠或昆虫等肆虐造成的）灾害，祸患
large numbers of an animal or insect that come into an area and cause great damage
a plague of locusts/rats, etc.
蝗灾、鼠害等
to try very hard not to meet sb, do sth, etc.
verb
给…造成长时间的痛苦（或麻烦）；困扰；折磨；使受煎熬
to cause pain or trouble to sb/sth over a period of time
to be plagued by doubt
为疑虑所困扰
Financial problems are plaguing the company.
财政问题使这家公司焦头烂额。
The team has been plagued by injury this season.
本赛季这支队一直为队员受伤所困扰。
纠缠；缠磨；缠扰
to annoy sb or create problems, especially by asking for sth, demanding attention, etc.
Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.
摇滚歌星必须习惯歌迷要求签名的纠缠。
plague
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N-COUNT 瘟疫；疫病
A plague is a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.
当时霍乱疫情已在夺去很多战俘的生命。
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N-UNCOUNT （腺）鼠疫；黑死病
Plague or the plague is a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The patient has a severe fever and swellings on his or her body....a fresh outbreak of plague.
新一轮鼠疫的爆发
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N-COUNT （某一事物肆虐造成的）灾难，祸患
A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time.The city is under threat from a plague of rats...
该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。
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N-COUNT 烦扰；令人头痛的事物
If you describe something as a plague, you mean that it causes a great deal of trouble or harm.Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...
通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
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VERB 困扰；使烦恼；折磨
If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...
她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
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VERB 缠扰；纠缠
If someone plagues you, they keep bothering you or asking you for something.I'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions, Miss Culver...
卡尔弗小姐，我不会再问更多的问题来烦你了。
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PHRASE 极力回避
If you say that you avoid someone or something like the plague, you are emphasizing that you deliberately avoid them completely.I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around...
他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。
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PHRASE …真该死；愿上天降祸于…
You say a plague on a particular person or thing when you are very irritated by them and do not want to bother with them any more.A plague on you and your damned percentages!
你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！
noun
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- an annoyance
- those children are a damn plague
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- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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- a swarm of insects that attack plants
- a plague of grasshoppers
- Synonym: infestation
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- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- Synonym: pestilence pest
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- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- Synonym: pestilence pest pestis
verb
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- annoy continually or chronically
- He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
- This man harasses his female co-workers
- Synonym: harass hassle harry chivy chivvy chevy chevvy beset molest provoke
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- cause to suffer a blight
- Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
- Synonym: blight
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Just in time to watch a plague ravage his village .
恰好目睹了瘟疫毁灭了他的村庄。
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A plague invalided half of the population in the town .
这个城镇一半的人口患上了瘟疫。
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The team has been plagued by injury this season .
本赛季这支队一直为队员受伤所困扰。
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Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters .
摇滚歌星必须习惯歌迷要求签名的纠缠。
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The city is under threat from a plague of rats
该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。
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I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around
他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。
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Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce .
几乎一半的员工担心失业。
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I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague .
我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。
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Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking .
去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。
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The team has been plagued by indecision and internal divisions .
优柔寡断与内部分裂深深困扰着该团队。
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Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses
萨拉一直小病缠身。
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Her old car was unreliable , so the trip was plagued by breakdowns
她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。
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I 'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions , Miss Culver
卡尔弗小姐，我不会再问更多的问题来烦你了。
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She was plagued by weakness , fatigue , and dizziness
她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
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We are always plagued by wasps in autumn .
每年秋天，我们这里总是黄蜂成灾。
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Inflation will remain a recurrent plague
通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
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Tim seems to have escaped the cynicism which is the absolute plague of our generation .
蒂姆好像并没有染上我们这代人愤世嫉俗的通病。
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They hid the troubles plaguing their marriage behind a facade of family togetherness .
他们将困扰婚姻的问题掩藏在家庭和睦的外表之下。
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The movement towards democracy in Latin America and the foreign debt problems that have plagued it have gone out of focus .
拉丁美洲的民主运动和困扰该地区的外债问题已经淡出人们的视线。
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A plague on you and your damned percentages !
你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！
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Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months .
汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。
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Labour shortages continued to plague that area .
用工荒继续困扰该地区。
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A sequence of misfortunes have plagued him .
一连串不幸事件使他焦头烂额。
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He was plagued by insomnia .
他受到失眠的折磨。
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The plague has broken out .
突然发生了鼠疫。
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Gambling is a public plague .
赌博是社会公害之一。
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Her grandmother broke her legs and she could walk only with a stick , Her father died because of illness , Sally 's mother plagued by these events , she lost the ability to take care of others , " This was the only choice .
奶奶摔断了腿，只能拄着拐杖走路，父亲因病去世，萨莉的母亲受这些事件困扰，失去了照顾别人的能力，“这是唯一的选择。
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The fatality rate of pneumonic plague a staggering 95 percent .
肺鼠疫的死亡率是达到惊人95%
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In the south of the city , one house was plagued with rats . The rats ran amuck .
城南，有一户人家闹鼠患，老鼠成群结队，到处横行。
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Her old car was unreliable , so the trip was plagued by breakdowns .
她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障
指糟糕的事情（如病痛、问题等）在很长一段时间内不断困扰某个人、组织、地区等，通常用被动语态。
He was plagued by insomnia.
他受到失眠的折磨。
Labour shortages continued to plague that area.
用工荒继续困扰该地区。
指疾病、战争、贫困等让某人、某地区等饱受折磨，常用被动语态。
About 20% of that country's population is afflicted by famine.
那个国家20%左右的居民饱受饥荒之苦。
How many people around the world are afflicted with arthritis?
世界上有多少人为关节炎所折磨？
指使人、机构、地区等遭受不愉快的事。
The strikes inflicted serious damage on the company.
罢工给公司造成了巨大损失。
Peasants still had to pay the rent despite all of the damage inflicted by the storm.
尽管暴风雪造成了各种损失，农民依然得交租。
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