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单词 scourge
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scourge

noun
/skɜːdʒ/
/skɜːrdʒ/
  1. [usually singular] scourge (of somebody/something) (formal) a person or thing that causes trouble, difficulty or mental pain祸害;祸根;灾害
    • the scourge of war/disease/poverty战争/疾病/贫穷之苦
    • Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s.通货膨胀曾是 20 世纪 70 年代的祸患。
    Extra Examples
    • He is well-known as a scourge of the Establishment.他作为当权派的祸害而闻名。
    • The Green Party sees the motor car as a scourge on society.绿党认为汽车是社会的祸害。
    • freeing the world from the scourge of nuclear weapons让世界摆脱核武器的祸害
    • taking action against the growing scourge of hunger采取行动应对日益严重的饥饿祸害
  2. a whip used to punish people in the past(旧时用作刑具的)鞭子
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French escorge (noun), escorgier (verb), from Latin ex- ‘thoroughly’ + corrigia ‘thong, whip’.

scourge

verb
/skɜːdʒ/
/skɜːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scourge
/skɜːdʒ/
/skɜːrdʒ/
he / she / it scourges
/ˈskɜːdʒɪz/
/ˈskɜːrdʒɪz/
past simple scourged
/skɜːdʒd/
/skɜːrdʒd/
past participle scourged
/skɜːdʒd/
/skɜːrdʒd/
-ing form scourging
/ˈskɜːdʒɪŋ/
/ˈskɜːrdʒɪŋ/
  1. [usually passive] scourge somebody (literary) to cause trouble, difficulty or mental pain to somebody折磨;使受苦难;使痛苦
    • He lay awake, scourged by his conscience.他备受良心的折磨,不能入睡。
  2. scourge somebody (old use) to hit somebody with a scourge鞭打;鞭笞 synonym whip
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French escorge (noun), escorgier (verb), from Latin ex- ‘thoroughly’ + corrigia ‘thong, whip’.
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