scourge

noun

1. 祸害；祸根；灾害
   a person or thing that causes trouble or suffering
   1. the scourge of war/disease/poverty
      战争 / 疾病 / 贫穷之苦
   2. Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s.
      通货膨胀曾是20世纪70年代的祸患。
2. （旧时用作刑具的）鞭子
   a whip used to punish people in the past

verb

1. 折磨；使受苦难；使痛苦
   to cause trouble or suffering to sb
   1. He lay awake, scourged by his conscience.
      他备受良心的折磨，不能入睡。
2. 鞭打；鞭笞
   to hit sb with a scourge

1. N-COUNT 灾难;祸害
   A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
   1. ...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism...
      20 年来消灭恐怖主义祸害的最佳机会
   2. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
      毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。
2. VERB 使痛苦;危害;折磨
   If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.
   1. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.
      经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。

1. Farmers don't need much prompting to tell you that 'flaming dog owners' are the scourge of their lives.
   不用怎么提示农场主们就会告诉你，“该死的养狗人”是他们生活的灾星。
2. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
   毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。
3. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.
   经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。
4. If you can rid our monastery of this scourge, that would be a great happiness for us!
   你若能为我僧院除了这条祸根，正是三生有幸了！
5. Throughout the ages the Huang He River has been a scourge of the nation.
   黄河在历史上经常引起祸害。
6. Heaven above and earth below; witness my determination; and may gods and men scourge me should I fail in my duty or be ungrateful.
   皇天后土，实鉴此心。背义忘恩，天人共戮。（《三国演义》）
7. History tells us that peace is a blessing while chaos a scourge.
   历史告诉我们，和是福，乱是祸。
8. The United States and the international community stood up and took on this terrible scourge.
   美国和国际社会通过采取行动而向这种可怕的疾病发起进攻。
9. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.
   我父亲用鞭子责打你们，我要用蝎子鞭责打你们。
10. I applaud your help and cooperation in fighting the scourge of terrorism.
    我赞赏您为打击恐怖主义这一祸患提供的帮助与合作。
11. And later today, I will discuss our efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking.
    今天晚些时候，我将介绍我们在打击罪恶的人口贩运活动中所做的努力。
12. It is an accepted tenet of modern economics that deflation is a terrible scourge that must be avoided.
    现代经济学中有一条公认的原则是：通缩是一场必须避免的可怕灾难。
13. Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.
    通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
14. Scourge: A source of widespread, dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
    灾难，灾祸：涉及面广的令人害怕的苦难和破坏的根源，例如由瘟疫或战争引起的。
15. As a scourge of the modern world, obesity has an image problem.
    作为现代社会的一种祸害，肥胖症有一个形象问题。
16. If love could not resist this scourge, but faith can be sad to open.
    就算用爱抵挡不了这天灾，但信念可将悲伤都化开。
17. How many young lives have had the fun taken out of them by the scourge of youth-acne?
    有多少年轻的生命已乐趣取出其中的祸害青年-痤疮？
18. The end of smallpox as a scourge in the western world.
    天花作为西方世界灾难的绝迹。
19. As well as typhoons, another ancient scourge still threatens.
    和台风一样，另一个古老的天谴仍旧威胁著。
20. He was the scourge of all the christians.
    他是所有基督徒的灾难。
21. In the last century, mankind underwent the scourge of two world wars and endured the hardships of the cold war and confrontation, thus paying a heavy price.
    上个世纪，人类经历了两次世界大战的浩劫，也经历了冷战对峙的磨难，付出了巨大的代价。
22. One of the roles of the United Nations is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
    联合国的一个职责是使后代人免受战争的苦难。
23. Smallpox was the scourge of the western world.
    天花曾经是西方国家的灾祸。
24. This scourge must be stopped, he thought to himself.
    他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。
25. They are human beings, not a scourge and the god of plague.
    他们也是人，并非洪水猛兽和瘟神。
26. Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.
    天花曾是世界的大患。
27. Sky-byte: this is not the time. we're tied up right now, scourge.
    现在不是时候。我们被拖住了，天灾。
28. So none of you are interested in addressing this scourge?
    难道你们没人对解决这个祸害感兴趣吗？
29. The death of Lorenzo is the scourge God has propared for florence?
    你们以为洛伦索死了，是上帝给佛罗伦萨的惩罚？
30. This water conservancy project eliminated the scourge of floods in this area.
    这项水利工程使这一带的水患得到了根除。

noun

1. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

   Synonym:    flagellum

2. a person who inspires fear or dread
   1. he was the terror of the neighborhood

   Synonym:    terrorthreat

3. something causing misery or death
   1. the bane of my life

   Synonym:    banecursenemesis

verb

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
   1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion

   Synonym:    lay waste towastedevastatedesolateravage

2. whip
   1. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves

   Synonym:    flagellate

3. punish severely