plagues

英 [pleɪɡz]

美 [pleɪɡz]

n.  死亡率高的传染病; (老鼠或昆虫等肆虐造成的)灾害，祸患
v.  给…造成长时间的痛苦(或麻烦); 困扰; 折磨; 使受煎熬; 纠缠; 缠磨; 缠扰
plague的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 瘟疫；疫病
  Aplagueis a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.
  1. A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.
     当时霍乱疫情已在夺去很多战俘的生命。
• N-UNCOUNT （腺）鼠疫；黑死病
  Plagueorthe plagueis a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The patient has a severe fever and swellings on his or her body.
  1. ...a fresh outbreak of plague.
     新一轮鼠疫的爆发
  2. ...illnesses such as smallpox, typhus and the plague.
     像天花、伤寒和鼠疫这样的疾病
• N-COUNT （某一事物肆虐造成的）灾难，祸患
  Aplague ofunpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time.
  1. The city is under threat from a plague of rats...
     该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。
  2. Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
     去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。
• N-COUNT 烦扰；令人头痛的事物
  If you describe something as aplague, you mean that it causes a great deal of trouble or harm.
  1. Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...
     通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
  2. Tim seems to have escaped the cynicism which is the absolute plague of our generation.
     蒂姆好像并没有染上我们这代人愤世嫉俗的通病。
• VERB 困扰；使烦恼；折磨
  If youare plagued byunpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
  1. She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...
     她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
  2. Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
     几乎一半的员工担心失业。
• VERB 缠扰；纠缠
  If someoneplaguesyou, they keep bothering you or asking you for something.
  1. I'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions, Miss Culver...
     卡尔弗小姐，我不会再问更多的问题来烦你了。
  2. Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.
     汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。
• PHRASE 极力回避
  If you say that youavoidsomeone or somethinglike the plague, you are emphasizing that you deliberately avoid them completely.
  1. I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around...
     他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。
  2. I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.
     我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。
• PHRASE …真该死；愿上天降祸于…
  You saya plague ona particular person or thing when you are very irritated by them and do not want to bother with them any more.
  1. A plague on you and your damned percentages!
     你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！

双语例句

• From these four plagues, of which the fourth is the worst, spring all human evils.
  以上这四种灾害产生了人间所有的罪恶，其中的第四项尤其是最为恶劣的。
• Plagues aside, many critics see xenotransplantation as a colossal waste of resources.
  除了疫病外，许多批评家把异种移植看作是资源的巨大浪费。
• And this is what sets this catastrophe apart from the earthquakes and plagues of former years.
  而正是这一点把这次灾难和以往的地震和瘟疫区别开。
• Plagues have been recorded in human society since record keeping began.
  自有历史记载以来，人类社会一直有瘟疫的记录。
• This contradiction still plagues the US operation in Afghanistan today.
  这种矛盾至今仍困扰着美国在阿富汗的行动。
• The sin and rebellion of the people caused plagues to come upon the people.
  虽然罪和对神的叛逆导致灾难降在人的身上。
• At this mountain, we have no plagues of blood, frogs, and lice.
  在这山上，没有血灾、蛙灾，和虱灾。
• This period is an important transition period in China, with all kinds of plagues and grave disasters.
  该时期是我国历史上的重要转型期，各种疫情凸显，带来了深重的灾难。
• Floods, droughts, famine, war, pestilence, plagues, and economic booms and busts are familiar companions in the up-and-down cycle of human history.
  在人类历史上起伏不断的周期中，水灾、干旱、饥荒、战争、流行病、瘟疫以及经济繁荣和崩溃都是人们熟悉的现象。
• They fear the new practice could unleash new plagues, by transferring obscure pig pathogens into the human population.
  他们害怕新实验通过移植，把不明猪病原体传播到人身上可能释放出新瘟疫。