curse

• n. 诅咒；咒骂
• vt. 诅咒；咒骂
• vi. 诅咒；咒骂

词源不详。

1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

"expletives were deleted"

2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

3. an evil spell;

"a witch put a curse on his whole family"

"he put the whammy on me"

4. something causes misery or death;

"the bane of my life"

5. a severe affliction

curse

curse: [OE] Curse first appeared in late Old English (in the early 11th century) as curs. It has no known linguistic relatives, and it is not clear where it comes from. Perhaps the most plausible suggestion is that it was borrowed from Old French curuz ‘anger’ (which probably came from the verb *corruptiāre, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin corrumpere ‘destroy’ – source of English corrupt), and that curse itself therefore originally meant ‘anger, wrath’. The colloquial alteration cuss dates from the 18th century.
=> corrupt, rupture

curse (n.)

late Old English curs "a prayer that evil or harm befall one," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French curuz "anger," or Latin cursus "course." Connection with cross is unlikely. No similar word exists in Germanic, Romance, or Celtic. Curses as a histrionic exclamation is from 1885. The curse "menstruation" is from 1930. Curse of Scotland, the 9 of diamonds in cards, is attested from 1791, but the origin is obscure.

curse (v.)

Old English cursian, from the source of curse (n.). Meaning "to swear profanely" is from early 13c. Related: Cursed; cursing.

HSAM can be both a curse and a blessing.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 is the first full-length feature film made by directors nick Park and Steve Box with their amazing plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

To sum up, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is an amazing film which is suitable for both children and adults.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

He muttered a curse at the other driver.

他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。

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The family thought that they were under a curse .

这家人认为他们受人诅咒而遭了殃。

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the curse of drug addiction

吸毒成瘾的祸害

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Noise is a curse of modern city life.

噪音是现代城市生活的一大祸根。

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He hit his head as he stood up and cursed loudly.

他站起来时撞了头，便破口大骂。

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She cursed her bad luck.

她骂自己运气不好。

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He cursed himself for his stupidity.

他咒骂自己愚蠢。

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Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch.

传说整座村庄遭到了巫婆的诅咒。

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She seems cursed with bad luck.

她好像运气不好连连遭殃。

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So we set off again, cursing the delay, towards the west...

于是，我们一面抱怨延误了时间，一面又朝西出发了。

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She silently cursed her own stupidity.

她在心里默默地骂自己愚蠢。

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Maybe there is a curse on my family...

可能我的家族受到了诅咒。

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He's been the object of a voodoo curse.

他受到伏都教的诅咒。

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Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy...

冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。

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Summer colds are a terrible curse.

夏季感冒是极其糟糕的事。

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He cursed himself for having been so careless.

他骂自己怎么那么不小心。

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Grandma protested, but he cursed her and rudely pushed her aside...

奶奶提出抗议，但他辱骂她并把她粗暴地推到一旁。

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I cursed and hobbled to my feet.

我咒骂着一瘸一拐地站起来。

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I'm grateful for failure, while others curse at their failure.

别人为失败而诅咒, 而我为失败而感激!

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When Pinkerton finally intercedes, all leave , repeating the curse over and over.

最后平克顿出面干预,客人不欢而散, 一路骂声不绝.

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He that prays harm for his neighbor begs a curse upon himself.

想害人的人,往往害自己.

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Many a man's love has been a curse to him.

以往 因为 恋爱而倒了霉的人可就多着哪.

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And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

25巴勒对巴兰说,你一点不要咒诅他们, 也不要为他们祝福.

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He uttered a curse sotto voce.

他低声骂了一句.

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Chop another line like a coda with a curse.

另外像一个印章线尾与诅咒.

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He went out with a curse stifled behind his pale, just smiling lips.

出门时一句诅咒的话到了带笑的苍白嘴唇中间又被他咽了下去.

辞典例句

And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

25巴勒对巴兰说, 那么你一点不要咒诅他们, 也一点不要为他们祝福.

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