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  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    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。
  • N-UNCOUNT
    (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
  • N-COUNT
    (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。
  • N-COUNT
    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。
  • VERB
    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。
  • VERB
    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。
  • PHRASE
    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。
  • PHRASE
    …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!
英英词典释义
  • Adjective
    1. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers;
    "waters infested with sharks""shark-infested waters""the locust-overrun countryside""drug-plagued streets"