Plague
[ pleɡ ]
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n. 瘟疫;灾害，折磨;
vt. 使染瘟疫;使痛苦，造成麻烦;
📝 例句
The stores had to cope with a plague of burglaries.
商店不得不设法对付盗贼之灾。
Europe suffered many plagues in the Middle Ages.
欧洲在中世纪屡屡遭受瘟疫。
Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season.
这一家常年遭遇不幸。
In one village almost the entire population was striken with a plague.
在一个村庄里，几乎全部的居民都遭受到疫病的袭击。
The plague caused thousands of deaths.
鼠疫造成数千人死亡。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ plage-海滨,plague-瘟疫:海滨流行起瘟疫
※ plague-灾祸,vague-不清楚的:禽流感会否引发灾祸还不不清楚
※ pl-拼音“漂亮”,a-一,gue-拼音“孤儿”:多么漂亮的孤儿,可惜染上瘟疫
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
plague
n
1
(a) the plague [sing]
=bubonic plague (bubonic).
(b) [C] any deadly infectiousdisease that kills many people 瘟疫
[attrib 作定语]
The incidence of cholera in the camps has reached plague proportions. 营中霍乱流行已酿成瘟疫之灾.
2 [C] ~ of sth large numbers of a pest that invade an area and cause annoyance or damage 侵扰一地造成破坏的大量有害动物
a plague of flies, locusts, rats, etc 蝇、 蝗、 鼠等灾害.
3 [C usu sing 通常作单数]
(infml 口) cause of annoyance; nuisance 惹人烦恼的事物、 人或原因
What a plague that boy is! 那男孩太讨厌了!
4 (idm 习语) avoid sb/sth like the plague => avoid. plague, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (with sth)
(a) annoy sb, esp by repeatedly asking questions or making demands 烦扰某人（尤指一再询问或要求）
plague sb with questions, requests for money, etc 一再询问、 要钱等烦扰某人.
(b) cause suffering or discomfort to sb 使某人受苦或难受
She was plagued with arthritis. 她患关节炎十分痛苦.
2 [Tn] cause trouble or difficulty to (sb/sth) 给（某人[某事物]）造成麻烦或困难
a construction schedule plagued by bad weather 因天气恶劣受阻的工程进度.
🎯 考研助记
捕那个（谐音）{除四害捕那个} 瘟疫 pla(play)+gue(gui鬼):被鬼玩- 瘟疫
🔁 扩展释义
*[pleig]n. 瘟疫, 天罚, 麻烦, 灾祸vt. 折磨, 使苦恼, 使得灾祸【医】 鼠疫, 瘟疫
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📖 同为「博士」词汇
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I say, shall we go downtown this evening?
喂，今晚我们上街怎么样？
If you hate science stories, you are unlikely to enjoy reading them in English.
如果你不喜欢读科学小品，你很可能也不会喜欢读英文的这类图书。
How was this possible?
这种传递是怎样进行的呢？