scourges
[skɜ:dʒz]

n.

带来灾难的人或东西，祸害( scourge的名词复数 )；鞭子；

v.

鞭打( scourge的第三人称单数 )；惩罚，压迫；

英英释义

scourge[ skə:dʒ ]

• n.
  • a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

    同义词：flagellum

  • something causes misery or death

    同义词：banecursenemesis

  • a person who inspires fear or dread

    同义词：terrorthreat

• v.
  • punish severely; excoriate
  • whip

    同义词：flagellate

  • devastate or ravage

    同义词：lay waste towastedevastatedesolateravage

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease.
   战乱之后瘟疫又接踵而来。
2. Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.
   通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
3. The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.
   那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手。

1. To scourge a man is to beat him with a whip .
   鞭笞人就是用鞭子抽打他的人。
2. The old man is scourged by a guilty conscience.
   这个老人受到负罪感的折磨。
3. 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。

权威例句

The troubling ghosts of scourges past.
The plague of Justinian and other scourges
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Proprietary Trading: Of Scourges, Scapegoats, and Scofflaws
Ancient Egypt and today: enough scourges to go around.
Re-emergence of Chikungunya and other scourges: the role of globalization and climate change.
The Plague of Justinian and Other Scourges An analysis of the Anomalies in the Development of the Iron Age population in Finland
The fourth horseman : a short history of epidemics, plagues, famine and other scourges
Modern and ancient scourges: The application of ancient DNA to the analysis of tuberculosis and leprosy from archaeologically derive...
Metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in liver surgery: The new scourges?