plague

英[pleɪɡ]
美[pleɪɡ]

基本释义

  • n.瘟疫; 灾害,折磨
  • vt.使染瘟疫; 使痛苦,造成麻烦

词性变化

实用例句

an outbreak of plague

鼠疫的爆发

牛津词典

the plague of AIDS

艾滋病这种严重的传染病

牛津词典

a plague of locusts/rats, etc.

蝗灾、鼠害等

牛津词典

to be plagued by doubt

为疑虑所困扰

牛津词典

Financial problems are plaguing the company.

财政问题使这家公司焦头烂额。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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 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

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。

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。

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。

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 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。

A plague on you and your damned percentages!

你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧!

Unfortunately, the fleas on those rats carried a disease called Bubonic Plague.

不幸的是, 那些老鼠身上的跳蚤携带着一种被称为“黑死病”的疾病.

期刊摘选

The fatality rate of pneumonic plague a staggering 95 percent.

肺鼠疫的死亡率是达到惊人95%.

期刊摘选

This is no doubt who made the bear market of the plague were even worse.

这无疑是使得饱受熊市困挠的们雪上加霜.

期刊摘选

Plague is still studied by governments and terrorist organizations for possible germ warfare applications.

鼠疫仍然是研究由政府和恐怖分子组织可能细菌战的应用.

期刊摘选

The plague has broken out.

突然发生了鼠疫.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

真题例句

Public health groups applauded the approved tax as a step toward fixing certain lasting health issues that plague Americans.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation.

出自-2014年考研翻译原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)

  • 2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

  • 3. a swarm of insects that attack plants;

    "a plague of grasshoppers"

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

  • 5. an annoyance;

    "those children are a damn plague"

Verb
  • 1. cause to suffer a blight;

    "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

  • 2. annoy continually or chronically;

    "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

    "This man harasses his female co-workers"