scourging是什么意思？

scourging

• v. 鞭打( scourge的现在分词 )，惩罚，压迫；

例句

• The shroud also contains traces of blood and marks consistent with scourging and crucifixion. 这张裹尸布上有着鲜血的痕迹以及带有苦难与拷问的标记.
• I should not deserve such a scourging to the bone as this. 我也不应该受这样痛澈骨髓的鞭打呀.

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。