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plague

plague
[英] [pleiɡ] [美] [pleɡ] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. N-COUNT 瘟疫；疫病 A plague is a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. 

  • 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。

2. N-UNCOUNT （腺）鼠疫；黑死病 Plague or the plague is a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The patient has a severe fever and swellings on his or her body. 

  • ...a fresh outbreak of plague.

    新一轮鼠疫的爆发

  • ...illnesses such as smallpox, typhus and the plague.

    像天花、伤寒和鼠疫这样的疾病

3. N-COUNT （某一事物肆虐造成的）灾难，祸患 A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time. 

  • The city is under threat from a plague of rats...

    该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。

  • Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.

    去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。

4. N-COUNT 烦扰；令人头痛的事物 If you describe something as a plague, you mean that it causes a great deal of trouble or harm. 

  • Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...

    通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。

  • 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。

5. VERB 困扰；使烦恼；折磨 If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering. 

  • She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...

    她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。

  • Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.

    几乎一半的员工担心失业。

6. VERB 缠扰；纠缠 If someone plagues you, they keep bothering you or asking you for something. 

  • 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。

  • Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.

    汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。

7. PHRASE 极力回避 If you say that you avoid someone or something like the plague, you are emphasizing that you deliberately avoid them completely. 

  • 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。

  • I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.

    我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。

8. PHRASE …真该死；愿上天降祸于… You say a plague on a particular person or thing when you are very irritated by them and do not want to bother with them any more. 

  • A plague on you and your damned percentages!

    你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！

Noun

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

3. a swarm of insects that attack plants;

  • "a plague of grasshoppers"

4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

5. an annoyance;

  • "those children are a damn plague"
Verb

1. cause to suffer a blight;

  • "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

2. annoy continually or chronically;

  • "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
  • "This man harasses his female co-workers"

医学

  • 1.鼠疫，瘟疫：一种急性发热性传染病，死亡率高；由鼠疫杆菌引起，以发热、寒战开始，很快衰竭，常有谵妄、头痛、呕吐和腹泻。本病原是鼠和其他啮齿动物的疾病，由受染啮齿动物经蚤叮咬传至人，或由人传人

药学

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  • 1.鼠疫
  • 2.又称 :鼠疫(pest )
  • 3.感染鼠疫杆菌引起的烈性传染病。
1. A plague of locusts afflicted the land.
农村地区蝗灾为害。

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2. A plague on [upon] it [him]!
愿上帝降罪于它（他）！该死！

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3. Bubonic plague struck London in 1665.
1665 年伦敦爆发了腺鼠疫。

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4. Plague was once very common here.
以前，瘟疫在这里时有发生。

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5. Plague was then prevailing in that city.
当时瘟疫正在该城流行。

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6. Rumours about the plague were rife.
有关瘟疫的谣传很盛行。

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7. The plague has broken out.
突然发生了鼠疫。

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8. The plague has spread over many states.
瘟疫在好几个州传开了。

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9. The plague once could wipe out a village.
鼠疫曾一度可以夺走整个村庄村民的生命。

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10. The plague struck Europe.
瘟疫袭击欧洲。

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