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瘟疫；疫病
A plague is a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.
例句
A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.
当时霍乱疫情已在夺去很多战俘的生命。
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（腺）鼠疫；黑死病
Plague or the plague is a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The patient has a severe fever and swellings on his or her body.
例句
...a fresh outbreak of plague.
新一轮鼠疫的爆发
...illnesses such as smallpox, typhus and the plague.
像天花、伤寒和鼠疫这样的疾病
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（某一事物肆虐造成的）灾难，祸患
A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time.
例句
The city is under threat from a plague of rats...
该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。
Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。
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烦扰；令人头痛的事物
If you describe something as a plague, you mean that it causes a great deal of trouble or harm.
例句
Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...
通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
Tim seems to have escaped the cynicism which is the absolute plague of our generation.
蒂姆好像并没有染上我们这代人愤世嫉俗的通病。
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困扰；使烦恼；折磨
If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
例句
She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...
她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
几乎一半的员工担心失业。
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缠扰；纠缠
If someone plagues you, they keep bothering you or asking you for something.
例句
I'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions, Miss Culver...
卡尔弗小姐，我不会再问更多的问题来烦你了。
Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.
汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。
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极力回避
If you say that you avoid someone or something like the plague, you are emphasizing that you deliberately avoid them completely.
例句
I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around...
他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。
I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.
我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。
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…真该死；愿上天降祸于…
You say a plague on a particular person or thing when you are very irritated by them and do not want to bother with them any more.
例句
A plague on you and your damned percentages!
你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！