n. 1.天罚,天灾,灾难,灾害[瘟疫、战争等]。 2.苦难的根源,引起灾害的事物,带来灾害的人。 3.鞭,笞。 短语和例子 the scourge of Heaven 灾殃,祸患。 the white scourge 肺痨。 vt. 1.折磨,磨难,使苦恼;严罚,重惩,重责。 2.鞭打;鞭笞。
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) 同义词:flagellum,
a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" 同义词:terror, threat,
something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life" 同义词:bane, curse, nemesis,
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" 同义词:lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage,
whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" 同义词:flagellate,
punish severely; excoriate
例句与用法
1.
Captain white scourged his crew without mercy . 船长怀特无情地鞭挞船员。
2.
Inflation was the greatest scourge of society . 通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
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They scourged him and crucified him upon a tree . 他们折磨他,把他成十字形地钉死在一棵树上。
4.
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。
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I tell you there is another sort of scourge in the air . 我告诉你们,还有另外一种灾祸就要临头了呢。
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They were the scourge of god upon the aborigines of the american continent . 他们是上帝降在美洲土著当中的灾难。
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Do you think the death of lorenzo is the scourge god has prepared for florence ? 你们以为洛伦索死了,是上帝给佛罗伦萨的惩罚?
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New zealand's scourges thundered up out of the bowels of the earth rather than descended from the skies . 新西兰的灾难是来自地底下,而不是来自天上。
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Even at this point in our awful tribulation under the german scourge we were quite friendly . 此刻,即便是处在德军蹂躏的极端痛苦中,我们仍然是十分友好的。
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The political commitment among world leaders to banish the scourge of hunger from the earth has spread and grown stronger . 各国领导人为从地球上消除饥饿灾难所作的政治许诺已经广泛传播并深入人心。