scourge
美[skɜːrdʒ] 英[skɜːdʒ]
n. 灾难;祸患;鞭子
sp. vt 鞭笞;折磨;使痛苦;严惩.
详细释义
n.(名词)- 苦难的根源
- 鞭子
- 惩罚
- 灾祸
- 祸害
- 惩罚的工具
- 天谴
- 灾害
- 灾难
- 祸根
- 天罚
- 天灾
- 笞
- 带来灾难的人或东西
- 鞭、杖
- 惩罚手段
v.(动词)- 严惩
- 严斥
- 使痛苦
- 折磨
- 鞭打
- 鞭笞
- 使苦恼
- 严罚
- 重惩
- 重责
- 惩罚
- 压迫
- 痛斥
- 蹂躏
英英释义
Noun- a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- something causing misery or death;
"the bane of my life"
- a person who inspires fear or dread;
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
Verb- punish severely; excoriate
- whip;
"The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly;
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
例句
用作名词(n.)- After the scourge of war came the scourge of disease.战乱之后瘟疫又接踵而来。
- Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
- The cruel captain used a scourge on his disobedient sailor.那残忍的船长鞭打不服从命令的水手。
- To scourge a man is to beat him with a whip .鞭笞人就是用鞭子抽打他的人。
- The old man is scourged by a guilty conscience.这个老人受到负罪感的折磨。
- He was scourged by the memory of his misdeeds.他对以往的胡作非为的回忆使得他精神上受惩罚。