| 单词 | scourge |
| 释义 | scourge (once / 867 pages) nv A scourge is a whip — or anything else that is punishing and dreadful. You could confront "a scourge of corruption" or "a scourge of hunger." As a verb, scourge means to cause suffering. Not surprisingly, it comes from the old French word meaning "to whip." A dictatorship could scourge and oppress its citizens, and an infectious disease could scourge an entire community. When you see scourge, think "suffering." WORD FAMILYscourge: scourged, scourger, scourges, scourging+/scourger: scourgers USAGE EXAMPLESWhen he was 7, Mr. Rodriques’s house got infested with German cockroaches, the common household scourge. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) So what is it like to be one of the fighters of this scourge? New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Brockes’s libretto identifies the soldiers who scourge Jesus as Jews—a departure from the New Testament. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n something causing misery or death Syn|Hyper bane, curse, nemesis affliction a cause of great suffering and distress 2n a person who inspires fear or dread Syn|Hyper terror, threat individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 3n a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) Syn|Hyper flagellum whip an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping 4v cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly Syn|Hypo|Hyper desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste ruin reduce to ruins destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 5v punish severely; excoriate Hyper penalise, penalize, punish impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on 6v whip Syn|Hyper flagellate flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip beat severely with a whip or rod |
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