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
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"
双语例句
- 1. Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
- 去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。
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- 2. A plague on you and your damned percentages!
- 你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！
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- 3. I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.
- 我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。
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- 4. Inflation will remain a recurrent plague.
- 通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
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- 5. an outbreak of plague
- 鼠疫的爆发
来自《权威词典》