| 词汇 | plague |
| 释义 | plague verb[ T ] uk /pleɪɡ/ us /pleɪɡ/ C2 to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time: 不断困扰;折磨;使受煎熬 Financial problems have been plaguing their new business partners.财政问题一直困扰着他们的新商业合作伙伴。 My shoulder's been plaguing me all week.我的肩膀整个星期都很难受。 to annoy someone, especially by asking repeated questions: （尤指因不停提问而）使烦恼，打搅 The children plagued him with questions all through lunch.吃午饭时孩子们不停地问他问题，使他很烦。 He's been plaguing me for a loan of the book.他总是缠着我向我借那本书。 Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend give someone the shitsidiom go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off nark rile rub rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom tit tooth troll plague noun[ C or U ] uk /pleɪɡ/ us /pleɪɡ/ C2(alsothe plague, the Plague) a serious disease that kills many people, often used to refer to bubonic plague, a very infectious disease caused by bacteria spread mainly by fleas(= small insects that bite) on rats or other animals, that causes swelling, fever, and usually death in humans : 瘟疫 In 1349 almost half the townspeople of Cork died of plague after the Black Death arrived in the town. The book looks at infectious diseases, from the plague to SARS, and at how treatment has changed over the centuries. Somehow they had survived when the Plague came. They described the historical plagues that had killed millions. Compare Black Death a plague of something a large number of things that are unpleasant or likely to cause damage: （令人烦恼或可能造成破坏的）一大群 a plague of insects昆虫灾害 Fevers & infectious diseases afebrile ague anaplasmosis anti-malaria anti-malarial delirious EHF ehrlichiosis enteric fever Epstein-Barr virus EVD mumps rubella scarlet fever smallpox staph staphylococcus Staphylococcus infection toxoplasmosis typhoid fever plague | American Dictionaryplague verb[ T ] us/pleɪɡ/ plagueverb[T] (CAUSE DIFFICULTY)to cause someone or something difficulty or suffering, esp. repeatedly or continually: Financial problems have been plaguing the company. That pain in my shoulder is plaguing me again. plague noun[ C/U ] us/pleɪɡ/ plaguenoun[C/U] (DISEASE)a serious disease which kills many people The plagueworld history The plague refers to a disease that appeared several times in the 14th century and later and that killed more than one third of the people in Europe and many people in Africa and Asia; Black Death. A plague is also a large number of insects or animals which cause damage or unpleasant conditions in an area: [ C ]Trees throughout the Northeast are being attacked by a plague of gypsy moths. Examples of plagueplague Since the 1970s when the terms were first coined, they have been plagued by a great deal of imprecision in their usage. However, it is also plagued by some of the disadvantages already mentioned. Despite their simple and accurate range measurement, use of ultrasonic transducers in map building is plagued by a few shortcomings. We have never before been plagued by such animals. First, all the major languages of the world are naturally evolved languages and are plagued by unnecessary, linguistic complexities15. The chronicles tell us about such natural phenomena as rainy years, periods of drought, famines, locust plagues, and epidemics. The economic and political crises of the late 1940s and early 1950s catalyzed domestic issues that plagued the monarchy and the political elites. Then they are plagued by anxiety and deep feelings of guilt and shame. However, the theory is, as has been said, plagued with incredible difficulties as to the semantics of the perceptual language. Financial difficulties plagued the magazine from the start and brought it to an end two years later. Certainly the "homunculus" problem has plagued psychology, and the difficulties of describing features of an internal mind are exacerbated when confronting the evolutionary past. Unfortunately, these studies are often plagued by high attrition, small sample sizes, and narrow assessments of discrete cognitive functions. How resources are allocated and to what end is a question that has plagued healthcare professionals and ethicists alike for two decades. From the late 1980s when pro-market reforms arrived on the agenda the process was plagued by repeated delays. Finally, t he impact of exercise on carers and on the psychological co-morbidity that plagues heart failure sufferers needs investigation. See all examples of plague These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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