scourge

英 [skɜːdʒ]

美 [skɜːrdʒ]

n.  祸害; 祸根; 灾害; (旧时用作刑具的)鞭子
v.  折磨; 使受苦难; 使痛苦; 鞭打; 鞭笞

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

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14639 / COCA.14709

牛津词典

noun

• 祸害；祸根；灾害
  a person or thing that causes trouble or suffering
  1. the scourge of war/disease/poverty
     战争 / 疾病 / 贫穷之苦
  2. 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
  1. 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

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 灾难;祸害
  Ascourgeis something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
  1. ...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. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
     毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。
• VERB 使痛苦;危害;折磨
  If somethingscourgesa place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  Synonym:flagellum
• a person who inspires fear or dread
  1. he was the terror of the neighborhood
  Synonym:terrorthreat
• something causing misery or death
  1. the bane of my life
  Synonym:banecursenemesis

verb

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
  Synonym:lay waste towastedevastatedesolateravage
• whip
  1. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
  Synonym:flagellate
• punish severely

双语例句

• They are human beings, not a scourge and the god of plague.
  他们也是人，并非洪水猛兽和瘟神。
• 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》）
• The United States and the international community stood up and took on this terrible scourge.
  美国和国际社会通过采取行动而向这种可怕的疾病发起进攻。
• Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.
  天花曾是世界的大患。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the last century, mankind underwent the scourge of two world wars and endured the hardships of the cold war and confrontation, thus paying a heavy price.
  上个世纪，人类经历了两次世界大战的浩劫，也经历了冷战对峙的磨难，付出了巨大的代价。
• My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.
  我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。
• 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！
• This scourge must be stopped, he thought to himself.
  他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。