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
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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.
    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！
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双语例句

  1. During that time, cold winters, ashfall from volcanic eruptions, and plagues adversely affected the population several times.
    在那期间，寒冷的冬天，及来自火山爆发的灰沉降层和瘟疫，几次影响了人口的增长。
  2. Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc.
    龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。
  3. 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。
  4. Wars, plagues, earthquakes, and famine rocked many an earlier social order.
    战争、瘟疫、地震和饥荒多方面动摇了先前井然的社会秩序。
  5. What sort of gods make rats and plagues and dwarfs?
    到底是什么样的神灵才会造出老鼠、瘟疫和侏儒？
  6. Do you remember some of those plagues?
    你还记不记得神降下了哪些灾难？
  7. I am the shadow across the sun; I am the bringer of plagues.
    我是遮蔽阳光的阴影，我是瘟疫的使者。
  8. The problem often plagues me.
    这个问题经常使我苦恼。
  9. She published a history of the plagues which swept across europe.
    她出版了一本记录几次席卷欧洲的瘟疫的书。
  10. The disastrous droughts of the past few years are just biblical plagues sent to try us.
    过去几年的大旱灾就好像是《圣经》里讲到的瘟疫，是上帝对我们的考验。
  11. 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。
  12. The Middle Ages were also a time of many plagues, especially the Black Death.
    中世纪还爆发了多次大瘟疫，其中最可怕的是那场“黑死病”。
  13. And the power to stop the rain, turn water to blood and strike the earth with plagues.
    他们有能力叫天不下雨，把水变血和降瘟疫在地上。
  14. And imminent exhaustion of land resources plagues these developing companies.
    同时，开发公司还面临土地资源即将用尽的困境。
  15. There are certain political and social plagues which are propagated only in the atmosphere of shallow self-confidence and vulgar thoughtlessness.
    某些政治和社会瘟疫，只在浅薄的自信和庸俗轻率的气氛里才会传播开来。
  16. 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。
  17. 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。
  18. His vaccine for polio eradicated one of the world's worst plagues.
    他根除小儿麻痹症疫苗是世界上最坏的瘟疫。
  19. So many countries have changed. There has been so much turmoil and tragedy, so many wars, and plagues, so much terrible destruction all over the world.
    许多国家变故，这么多混乱和悲剧、争和天灾，这么多的可怕事情在全世界蔓延着。
  20. 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。
  21. Smallpox ( or variola): One of the world's most dreaded plagues before 1977.
    天花：1977年以前世界上最恐怖的瘟疫之一。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. Love is the blackest of all plagues.
    爱情是瘟疫中最可怕的一种。
  26. Such nightmare visions, and locust plagues with them, may one day be a thing of the past.
    但愿有一天这种噩梦似的景象和与此相伴的蝗灾将会成为历史。
  27. The problem of illegal immigration is one that plagues many parts of europe.
    非法移民是欧洲许多地方一个烦恼的问题。
  28. 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。
  29. Meteorological Conditions and Prewarning of Grasshopper Plagues in Inner Mongolia The body becomes addicted to the nicotine in tobacco.
    内蒙古草原蝗虫大暴发的气象条件及预警人的身体对于烟草内所含的尼古丁上瘾。
  30. 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。
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