scourge是什么意思？

scourge

英[skɜ:dʒ] 美[skɜrdʒ]

• n. 天灾，灾难，鞭子，苦难的根源；
• vt. 鞭打，重惩，重责，使痛苦，严惩；

复数：scourges;

第三人称单数：scourges;

过去式：scourged;

过去分词：scourged;

现在分词：scourging;

例句

• the scourge of Heaven 灾殃, 祸患
• Vowing revenge against the Scourge, he sharpened his skills for battle. 他精炼自己的战技,矢志要向天谴军复仇.
• Your petty magics are no challenge to the might of the Scourge! 你那弱小的魔法无法挑战天灾的权威!
• If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent. 伯9:23若忽然遭杀害之祸 、 他必戏笑无辜的人遇难.
• Do you think the death of Lorenzo is the scourge God has propared for Florence? 你们以为洛伦索死了,是上帝给佛罗伦萨的惩罚?
• After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease. 战乱之后瘟疫接踵而来.
• Organised crime continues to be the perpetual scourge of Milanese civic life. 有预谋的犯罪仍然是对米兰市民的永远的威胁.
• 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.
• They were the scourge of God upon the aborigines of the continent. 他们是上帝降在美洲土著当中的灾难.
• Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society. 毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。

同义词

• vt.
  scourge的同义词之：鞭打,鞭笞
  lash, flog, beat, whip, thrash, spank,
• scourge的同义词之：其他释义
  cane, leather, cancer, thrash, beat, rod, pest, lash, whip, flog, spank,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  灾难;祸害
  A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
  例句
  ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism... 20 年来消灭恐怖主义祸害的最佳机会 Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society. 毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。
• VERB
  使痛苦;危害;折磨
  If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.
  例句
  Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world. 经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  带来灾难的人或东西,祸害
  the scourge of Heaven 灾殃, 祸患 After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease. 战乱之后瘟疫接踵而来。
  鞭子
  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。
• vt.
  惩罚,压迫
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  2. something causes misery or death;
  "the bane of my life"
  3. a person who inspires fear or dread;
  "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
• Verb
  1. punish severely; excoriate
  2. whip;
  "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
  3. devastate or ravage;
  "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"