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curseBrE /kɜːs/NAmE /kɜːrs/ noun [C] a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry 咒骂语；骂人话 SYN oath, swear word ◆He muttered a curse at the other driver. 他低声咒骂对方司机。 [C] a word or phrase that has a magic power to make sth bad happen 咒；咒语◆The family thought that they were under a curse. 这家人认为他们受人诅咒而遭了殃。 ➡ compare hex [C] something that causes harm or evil 祸根；祸端；祸水◆the curse of drug addiction 吸毒成瘾的祸害◆Noise is a curse of modern city life. 噪音是现代城市生活的一大祸根。the curse [sing.] (old-fashioned, informal) = menstruation curseBrE /kɜːs/NAmE /kɜːrs/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they curse BrE /kɜːs/ NAmE /kɜːrs/present simple - he / she / it curses BrE /ˈkɜːsɪz/ NAmE /ˈkɜːrsɪz/past simple cursed BrE /kɜːs/ NAmE /kɜːrs/past participle cursed BrE /kɜːs/ NAmE /kɜːrs/ -ing form cursing BrE /ˈkɜːsɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈkɜːrsɪŋ/ [I] to swear 诅咒◆He hit his head as he stood up and cursed loudly. 他站起来时撞了头，便破口大骂。 [T] to say rude things to sb or think rude things about sb/sth 咒骂；诅咒；在心里诅咒◆~ sb/sth/yourself She cursed her bad luck. 她骂自己运气不好。◆~ sb/sth/yourself for sthHe cursed himself for his stupidity. 他咒骂自己愚蠢。 [T] ~ sb/sthto use a magic word or phrase against sb in order to harm them 念咒语诅咒◆Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch. 传说整座村庄遭到了巫婆的诅咒。 ➡ compare hex  ●be ˈcursed with sthto continuously suffer from or be affected by sth bad 不断因…而遭殃；为…所苦；受…之害◆She seems cursed with bad luck. 她好像运气不好连连遭殃。 |