plague
英 [pleɪg]
美[pleɡ]
- n. 瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人
- vt. 折磨；使苦恼；使得灾祸
词态变化
复数: plagues;第三人称单数: plagues;过去式: plagued;现在分词: plaguing;
助记提示
1、plag- + -ue.
2、=> malignant disease strike to people, or that disease makes people pain and agony.
3、想象一下让人们哀鸿遍野的瘟疫以及天灾人祸吧！
4. pl- + argue => plargue => plague.
5. 漂亮(pl)美眉每天和你争吵(argue)，在你面前唠叨、争吵个不停、没完没了，就连花儿(r)都是受不了而凋谢掉落了，更何况你呢？因此这对你来说简直就是灾难，就像瘟疫一样想摆脱都摆脱不了，这简直就是对你的折磨，让你苦恼不已。
6. 所以娶个漂亮美眉并不一定是好事，她很可能脾气大、你得惯着她，伺候她，稍不顺心就和你争吵、对你纠缠不休，让你痛苦不堪，对你来说简直就是灾难。
7. 因此，敬告各位男同胞们，千万不要跟漂亮美眉争吵，否则是灾难性的后果！
8. plague 读作:铺雷哥。越南丛林里铺地雷的哥哥染上了瘟疫。
2、=> malignant disease strike to people, or that disease makes people pain and agony.
3、想象一下让人们哀鸿遍野的瘟疫以及天灾人祸吧！
4. pl- + argue => plargue => plague.
5. 漂亮(pl)美眉每天和你争吵(argue)，在你面前唠叨、争吵个不停、没完没了，就连花儿(r)都是受不了而凋谢掉落了，更何况你呢？因此这对你来说简直就是灾难，就像瘟疫一样想摆脱都摆脱不了，这简直就是对你的折磨，让你苦恼不已。
6. 所以娶个漂亮美眉并不一定是好事，她很可能脾气大、你得惯着她，伺候她，稍不顺心就和你争吵、对你纠缠不休，让你痛苦不堪，对你来说简直就是灾难。
7. 因此，敬告各位男同胞们，千万不要跟漂亮美眉争吵，否则是灾难性的后果！
8. plague 读作:铺雷哥。越南丛林里铺地雷的哥哥染上了瘟疫。
中文词源
plague 瘟疫，祸患
来自拉丁语plaga,瘟疫，灾害，来自plangere,击，打，哀伤，捶胸顿足，来自PIE*plak,击，打，捶胸，可能来自声词，捶胸哀叹的声音，词源同plangent,apoplexy.比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
- 2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- 3. a swarm of insects that attack plants;
- "a plague of grasshoppers"
- 4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- 5. an annoyance;
- "those children are a damn plague"
英文词源
- plague
- plague: [14] Etymologically, plague means a ‘blow’ or ‘stroke’. It goes back to the same prehistoric base, *plag- ‘hit’, as produced Latin plangere ‘beat’ (source of English complain, plaintiff [14], plaintive [14], and plangent [19] – which originally denoted the sound of waves ‘beating’ against the shore) and English plankton.
From this was derived Greek plāgá ‘blow’, which was borrowed into Latin as plāga ‘blow’, hence ‘wound’. In the Vulgate it was used for an ‘infectious disease’, and was borrowed in this sense (as well as the now defunct ‘blow’) via Old French into English. (*Plak-, a parallel form to *plag-, lies behind English apoplexy and plectrum [17].)
=> apoplexy, complain, plaintive, plangent, plankton, plectrum - plague (n.)
- late 14c., plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;" early 15c., "malignant disease," from Old French plage (14c.), from Late Latin plaga, used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from Latin plaga "stroke, wound," probably from root of plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)," from or cognate with Greek (Doric) plaga "blow," from PIE *plak- (2) "to strike, to hit" (cognates: Greek plazein "to drive away," plessein "to beat, strike;" Old English flocan "to strike, beat;" Gothic flokan "to bewail;" German fluchen, Old Frisian floka "to curse").
The Latin word also is the source of Old Irish plag (genitive plaige) "plague, pestilence," German Plage, Dutch plaage. Meaning "epidemic that causes many deaths" is from 1540s; specifically in reference to bubonic plague from c. 1600. Modern spelling follows French, which had plague from 15c. Weakened sense of "anything annoying" is from c. 1600. - plague (v.)
- late 15c., from Middle Dutch plaghen, from plaghe (n.) "plague" (see plague (n.)). Sense of "bother, annoy" it is first recorded 1590s. Related: Plagued; plaguing.
考试真题
- Public health groups applauded the approved tax as a step toward fixing certain lasting health issues that plague Americans.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation.
出自-2014年考研翻译原文
实用场景例句
- an outbreak of plague
- 鼠疫的爆发
牛津词典
- the plague of AIDS
- 艾滋病这种严重的传染病
牛津词典
- a plague of locusts/rats, etc.
- 蝗灾、鼠害等
牛津词典
- to be plagued by doubt
- 为疑虑所困扰
牛津词典
- Financial problems are plaguing the company.
- 财政问题使这家公司焦头烂额。
牛津词典
- The team has been plagued by injury this season.
- 本赛季这支队一直为队员受伤所困扰。
牛津词典
- Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.
- 摇滚歌星必须习惯歌迷要求签名的纠缠。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a fresh outbreak of plague.
- 新一轮鼠疫的爆发
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...illnesses such as smallpox, typhus and the plague.
- 像天花、伤寒和鼠疫这样的疾病
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The city is under threat from a plague of rats...
- 该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
- 去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...
- 通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...
- 她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
- 几乎一半的员工担心失业。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.
- 汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.
- 我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A plague on you and your damned percentages!
- 你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Unfortunately, the fleas on those rats carried a disease called Bubonic Plague.
- 不幸的是, 那些老鼠身上的跳蚤携带着一种被称为“黑死病”的疾病.
期刊摘选
- The fatality rate of pneumonic plague a staggering 95 percent.
- 肺鼠疫的死亡率是达到惊人95%.
期刊摘选
- This is no doubt who made the bear market of the plague were even worse.
- 这无疑是使得饱受熊市困挠的们雪上加霜.
期刊摘选
- Plague is still studied by governments and terrorist organizations for possible germ warfare applications.
- 鼠疫仍然是研究由政府和恐怖分子组织可能细菌战的应用.
期刊摘选
- The plague has broken out.
- 突然发生了鼠疫.
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