| 词汇 | scourge |
| 释义 | scourge noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /skɜːdʒ/ us /skɝːdʒ/ something or someone that causes great suffering or a lot of trouble: 灾难，祸害；苦难的根源 the scourge of war/poverty/drugs战争／贫困／毒品的祸害 Pop-up ads have been described as the scourge of the Internet.弹出窗口广告被称为互联网之祸。 Compare the bane of something Difficult things and people a (heavy) cross to bearidiom albatross ball and chain bane be dead meatidiom be in the clearidiom bump chill equation hassle hiccup hindrance hot potato impediment nut snag stumbling block teaser teething troubles thorn in your flesh/sideidiom scourge verb[ T ] uk /skɜːdʒ/ us /skɝːdʒ/ scourgeverb[T] (CAUSE SUFFERING)to cause great suffering or a lot of trouble: 祸害；使苦恼，使痛苦 The country has been scourged by(= has suffered very much because of) famine in recent years.近年来这个国家遭受大饥荒的苦难。 Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher drive a wedge between someoneidiom dry rot eat eat away at something erode foul put something out of jointidiom queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage seismic sour wreck scourgeverb[T] (BEAT)old use to beat someone with a whip(= a piece of leather or rope fastened to a stick) as a punishment: When Jesus was scourged by the Roman soldiers he bled like a man. Synonyms flog(PUNISH) whip Much of the courtyard pavement survives in the Monastery of the Flagellation, where Jesus Christ was scourged. The king was filled with guilt for his murder and in 1174 came to Canterbury to be scourged at Becket's tomb by the 80 monks of the Cathedral's Abbey. At that time the insane were frequently tortured and scourged. When alone, he would pray still more. He would scourge himself, keep midnight vigils, wear the rough hair shirt. Punishing by causing pain birch cane caning cat-o'-nine-tails corporal punishment flagellate lynch lynch law lynching mortification mortification of the fleshidiom paddle spanking tar thrashing thumbscrew waterboard waterboarding whip whipping scourge | American Dictionaryscourge noun[ C ] us/skɜrdʒ/ someone or something that causes harm, evil, or destruction: Smallpox, that scourge of previous generations, now is effectively extinct. |
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