plague
美音:
[pleıg
]英音:
[pleıg
]n.瘟疫,麻烦,苦恼,灾祸 vt.折磨,使苦恼,使得灾祸
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plague为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:plaguer 动词过去式:plagued 过去分词:plagued 现在分词:plaguing 第三人称单数:plagues
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plague
/pleɪg; pleˇ/
n
1 (a) the plague [sing] =bubonic plague (bubonic).
(b) [C] any deadly infectiousdisease that kills many people 瘟疫
*[attrib 作定语] The incidence of cholera in the camps has reached plague proportions. 营中霍乱流行已酿成瘟疫之灾.
2 [C] ~ of sth large numbers of a pest that invade an area and cause annoyance or damage 侵扰一地造成破坏的大量有害动物
*a plague of flies, locusts, rats, etc 蝇、蝗、鼠等灾害.
3 [C usu sing 通常作单数] (infml 口) cause of annoyance; nuisance 惹人烦恼的事物、人或原因
*What a plague that boy is! 那男孩太讨厌了!
4 (idm 习语) avoid sb/sth like the plague => avoid.
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (with sth)
(a) annoy sb, esp by repeatedly asking questions or making demands 烦扰某人(尤指一再询问或要求)
*plague sb with questions, requests for money, etc 一再询问、要钱等烦扰某人.
(b) cause suffering or discomfort to sb 使某人受苦或难受
*She was plagued with arthritis. 她患关节炎十分痛苦.
2 [Tn] cause trouble or difficulty to (sb/sth) 给(某人[某事物])造成麻烦或困难
*a construction schedule plagued by bad weather 因天气恶劣受阻的工程进度.
1. The plague caused thousands of deaths. 瘟疫造成数千人死亡。
2. Piles of garbage and raw sewage would create epidemics, perhaps even recurrences of plague. 一堆堆垃圾和未经处理的污物可能引起流行病,甚至会再发生瘟疫。
3. Like no other plague before, the AIDS epidemic threatens to wipe out an entire generation and leave another without parents. 和以前其他瘟疫不同,艾滋病这一流行性疾病有可能夺去一代人的生命,从而使另一代人失去双亲。
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