scourge

英 [skɜːdʒ]

美 [skɜːrdʒ]

n. 祸害; 祸根; 灾害; (旧时用作刑具的)鞭子
v. 折磨; 使受苦难; 使痛苦; 鞭打; 鞭笞

复数：scourges　过去分词：scourged　现在分词：scourging　过去式：scourged　第三人称单数：scourges　

Collins.1 / BNC.14639 / COCA.14709

牛津词典

noun

verb

折磨；使受苦难；使痛苦
to cause trouble or suffering to sb
1. He lay awake, scourged by his conscience.
  他备受良心的折磨，不能入睡。
鞭打；鞭笞
to hit sb with a scourge

N-COUNT 灾难;祸害
Ascourgeis something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
1. ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism...
  20 年来消灭恐怖主义祸害的最佳机会
2. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
  毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。
VERB 使痛苦;危害;折磨
If somethingscourgesa place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.
1. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.
  经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

noun

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
Synonym:flagellum
a person who inspires fear or dread
1. he was the terror of the neighborhood
Synonym:terrorthreat
something causing misery or death
1. the bane of my life
Synonym:banecursenemesis

verb

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonym:lay waste towastedevastatedesolateravage
whip
1. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Synonym:flagellate
punish severely

Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.
通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
This scourge must be stopped, he thought to himself.
他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。
They are human beings, not a scourge and the god of plague.
他们也是人，并非洪水猛兽和瘟神。
Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.
天花曾是世界的大患。
Farmers don't need much prompting to tell you that 'flaming dog owners' are the scourge of their lives.
不用怎么提示农场主们就会告诉你，“该死的养狗人”是他们生活的灾星。
How many young lives have had the fun taken out of them by the scourge of youth-acne?
有多少年轻的生命已乐趣取出其中的祸害青年-痤疮？
As a scourge of the modern world, obesity has an image problem.
作为现代社会的一种祸害，肥胖症有一个形象问题。
One of the roles of the United Nations is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
联合国的一个职责是使后代人免受战争的苦难。
As well as typhoons, another ancient scourge still threatens.
和台风一样，另一个古老的天谴仍旧威胁著。
Sky-byte: this is not the time. we're tied up right now, scourge.
现在不是时候。我们被拖住了，天灾。