scourge
- 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
noun
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。
(旧时用作刑具的)鞭子
a whip used to punish people in the past
verb
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。
鞭打;鞭笞
to hit sb with a scourge
scourge
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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
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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
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- a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- Synonym: flagellum
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- a person who inspires fear or dread
- he was the terror of the neighborhood
- Synonym: terror threat
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- something causing misery or death
- the bane of my life
- Synonym: bane curse nemesis
verb
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- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
- Synonym: lay waste to waste devastate desolate ravage
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- whip
- The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
- Synonym: flagellate
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- punish severely;excoriate
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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。
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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。
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Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s .
通货膨胀曾是20世纪70年代的祸患。
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He lay awake , scourged by his conscience .
他备受良心的折磨,不能入睡。
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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。
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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。
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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!
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Captain White scourged his crew without mercy .
船长怀特无情地鞭挞船员。
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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。
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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》)
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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。
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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。
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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
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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。
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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
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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This scourge must be stopped , he thought to himself .
他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。
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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�
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Tax evasion is a scourge across the world , he said .
逃税是全世界的一大难题,他说。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The end of smallpox as a scourge in the western world .
天花作为西方世界灾难的绝迹。
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For fifty years the country was scourged by war .
这个国家被战火蹂躏了50年。
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There is such a flood of statistical forms that they become a scourge .
表报之多,闹得泛滥成灾。
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After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease .
战乱之后瘟疫又接踵而来。
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The country was scourged by disease and war .
这个国家倍受战争与疾病之苦。