plague

noun

noun

1. 死亡率高的传染病
   any infectious disease that kills a lot of people
   1. the plague of AIDS
      艾滋病这种严重的传染病
2. （老鼠或昆虫等肆虐造成的）灾害，祸患
   large numbers of an animal or insect that come into an area and cause great damage
   1. a plague of locusts/rats, etc.
      蝗灾、鼠害等

verb

1. 给…造成长时间的痛苦（或麻烦）；困扰；折磨；使受煎熬
   to cause pain or trouble to sb/sth over a period of time
   1. to be plagued by doubt
      为疑虑所困扰
   2. Financial problems are plaguing the company.
      财政问题使这家公司焦头烂额。
   3. The team has been plagued by injury this season.
      本赛季这支队一直为队员受伤所困扰。
2. 纠缠；缠磨；缠扰
   to annoy sb or create problems, especially by asking for sth, demanding attention, etc.
   1. Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.
      摇滚歌星必须习惯歌迷要求签名的纠缠。

1. N-COUNT 瘟疫；疫病
   A plague is 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。
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.
   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
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.
   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。
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.
   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。
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.
   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。
6. VERB 缠扰；纠缠
   If someone plagues you, 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。
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.
   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。
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.
   1. A plague on you and your damned percentages!
      你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！

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。
2. The city is under threat from a plague of rats
   该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。
3. Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
   去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。
4. Inflation will remain a recurrent plague
   通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。
5. 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。
6. She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness
   她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
7. Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
   几乎一半的员工担心失业。
8. 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。
9. Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.
   汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。
10. 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。
11. I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.
    我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。
12. A plague on you and your damned percentages!
    你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！
13. The plague has broken out.
    突然发生了鼠疫。
14. Gambling is a public plague.
    赌博是社会公害之一。
15. The plague and the famine sent thousands of people to their long home.
    瘟疫和饥荒把成千上万的人送入了坟墓。
16. Rat plague threatens grasslands in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia.
    鼠疫威胁新疆和内蒙大草原。
17. The plague has spread over many states.
    瘟疫在好些个邦传开了。
18. You know, I recall a couple of plague flicks.
    你知道的，我想起了些关于鼠疫的电影。
19. Famine, flood, and drought compare with conscription like chicken pox with plague.
    饥荒、洪水和旱灾之于征兵正如将出水痘与瘟疫相比。
20. Conclusion The plague F1 antigen, antibody frozen blood cells can be conserved for4 years and2 years, respectively.
    结论鼠疫F1抗原和抗体冷冻血球细胞能分别保存2年和4年。
21. We are sick with their plague.
    他们的瘟疫病倒了我们。
22. They survived plague, famine, earthquakes and volcanoes.
    他们历经瘟疫、饥荒、地震和火山爆发存活下来。
23. Epidemic diseases such as smallpox, bubonic plague, and malaria were declared things of the past.
    流行性疾病如天花，疟疾和鼠疫被宣布成为过去。
24. For Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but also for brucellosis, plague and other infections caused by susceptible strains.
    结核分枝杆菌感染，也为布氏杆菌病，鼠疫和其他敏感菌所致的感染。
25. The plague wiped out an entire population.
    瘟疫消灭了全部的人口。
26. The others have fled from the plague.
    其他人都逃避瘟疫去了。
27. The Black Plague ravaged Europe.
    黑死病蹂躏了欧洲。
28. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
    这样，在以色列人中瘟疫就止息了。
29. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse were War, Plague, Famine and Death.
    圣经启示录中的四个牧马人是战争、瘟疫、饥荒和死亡。
30. Plague and famine visited the country.
    瘟疫和饥荒侵袭该国。

  plague afflict inflict【导航词义：使受痛苦】

  plague v. 折磨，使苦恼

〔辨析〕指糟糕的事情（如病痛、问题等）在很长一段时间内不断困扰某个人、组织、地区等，通常用被动语态。

  afflict v. 〈正式〉使痛苦，折磨

〔辨析〕指疾病、战争、贫困等让某人、某地区等饱受折磨，常用被动语态。

  inflict v. 使承受，使遭受

〔辨析〕指使人、机构、地区等遭受不愉快的事。

n.

avoid sb/sth like the plague

• 像避瘟疫似地躲着某人（或某事物）；尽量避开某人（或某事物）
  to try very hard not to meet sb, do sth, etc.

noun

1. an annoyance
   1. those children are a damn plague

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

3. a swarm of insects that attack plants
   1. a plague of grasshoppers

   Synonym:    infestation

4. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

   Synonym:    pestilencepest

5. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

   Synonym:    pestilencepestpestis

verb

1. annoy continually or chronically
   1. He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
   2. This man harasses his female co-workers

   Synonym:    harasshassleharrychivychivvychevychevvybesetmolestprovoke

2. cause to suffer a blight
   1. Too much rain may blight the garden with mold

   Synonym:    blight