英语词汇“to avoid like the plague”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague, etc.: to avoid at all costs, to shun completely.

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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > have nothing to do with

to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague1699

to steer clear of1723

I wouldn't touch it (also him, her, etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole1838

to have no truck with1866

to leave or let severely alone1880

I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the end of) a bargepole1890

ice1932

1699 W. Penn Some Fruits of Solitude (ed. 5) §257. 82 An able bad Man, is an ill Instrument, and to be shunn'd as the Plague.

1703 M. Chudleigh Poems Several Occasions 82 Those Ills we court, which we as Plagues shou'd shun.

1835 T. Moore in Ld. Byron Wks. XV. 133 Saint Augustine..avoided the school as the plague.

1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xi. 130 Young ladies would shun slang phrases as they would the plague.

1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death xv. 283 O'Brien was the sort of person you'd think would avoid road-houses like the plague.

1955 F. Lane Patrol to Kimberleys 85 There was some ruddy hard-doers in the lot-blokes who shunned work like it was the plague.

2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 112/2 Burgers, fries, pizza... You know what to avoid like the plague.

单词	to avoid like the plague
释义	> as lemmas to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague d. to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague, etc.: to avoid at all costs, to shun completely. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > have nothing to do with to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague1699 to steer clear of1723 I wouldn't touch it (also him, her, etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole1838 to have no truck with1866 to leave or let severely alone1880 I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the end of) a bargepole1890 ice1932 1699 W. Penn Some Fruits of Solitude (ed. 5) §257. 82 An able bad Man, is an ill Instrument, and to be shunn'd as the Plague. 1703 M. Chudleigh Poems Several Occasions 82 Those Ills we court, which we as Plagues shou'd shun. 1835 T. Moore in Ld. Byron Wks. XV. 133 Saint Augustine..avoided the school as the plague. 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xi. 130 Young ladies would shun slang phrases as they would the plague. 1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death xv. 283 O'Brien was the sort of person you'd think would avoid road-houses like the plague. 1955 F. Lane Patrol to Kimberleys 85 There was some ruddy hard-doers in the lot-blokes who shunned work like it was the plague. 2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 112/2 Burgers, fries, pizza... You know what to avoid like the plague. extracted from plaguen. < as lemmas
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