plague

英 [pleɪɡ]

美 [pleɪɡ]

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

过去分词：plagued　复数：plagues　过去式：plagued　现在分词：plaguing　第三人称单数：plagues　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7688 / COCA.6638

同义词辨析

plagueafflictinflict【导航词义：使受痛苦】

习惯用语

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.

牛津词典

noun

noun

• 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
• （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

• 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。
• 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。

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！

英英释义

noun

• an annoyance
  1. those children are a damn plague
• any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
• a swarm of insects that attack plants
  1. a plague of grasshoppers
  Synonym:infestation
• any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  Synonym:pestilencepest
• 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

• 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
• cause to suffer a blight
  1. Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
  Synonym:blight

双语例句

• Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
  几乎一半的员工担心失业。
• 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。
• 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。
• So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
  这样，在以色列人中瘟疫就止息了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness
  她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。
• 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。