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
plague的第三人称单数和复数
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.- 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。
- A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.
- 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.- ...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
- ...a fresh outbreak of plague.
- 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.- 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。
- The city is under threat from a plague of rats...
- 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.- 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。
- Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...
- VERB 困扰;使烦恼;折磨
If youare plagued byunpleasant 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。
- She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...
- VERB 缠扰;纠缠
If someoneplaguesyou, 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。
- I'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions, Miss Culver...
- PHRASE 极力回避
If you say that youavoidsomeone or somethinglike 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。
- I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around...
- 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.- A plague on you and your damned percentages!
你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧!
- A plague on you and your damned percentages!
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc.
龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The problem often plagues me.
这个问题经常使我苦恼。