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| 1 | C any serious disease that spreads quickly to a lot of people and usually ends in death 瘟疫；传染病 | a plague of cholera 一场霍乱之灾 | | | 1a | a disease that spreads quickly , causing a high fever , lumps on parts of your body , and in the past usually death 腺鼠疫 | | |
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| 2 | singular something that is very common and harmful 普遍的祸害 | the plague of violence in America today 当今美国普遍存在的暴力危害 | |
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| 3 | C an uncontrolled and usually harmful increase in the numbers of an animal or insect （动物或昆虫）无限制的大量滋长，泛滥 | a plague of locusts/rats 蝗灾/鼠灾 | |
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| - | a plague on literary
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| used for saying you hope something bad happens to someone you are angry with |
| 愿上天降祸于某人 |
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