| 单词 | scourge |
| 释义 | scourge From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscourgescourge1 /skɜːdʒ $ skɜːrdʒ/ noun [countable]1 HARM/BE BAD FORsomething that causes a lot of harm or sufferingscourge ofthe scourge of unemploymentthe scourge of war2 SCCPUNISHa whip used to punish people in the pastExamples from the Corpusscourge• Sustained international terror has been a scourge on civilized society for the past quarter-century.• Thérèse did not possess a hair shirt, or a belt spiked with rusty nails, or a scourge.• Some of my best friends have been taken by that scourge.• I just repeated the story about my speech on the scourge of gangsterism.• The scourge had abated, but psychological damage had been done, which was not so readily repaired. scourgescourge2 verb [transitive]1 HARM/BE BAD FORto cause a lot of harm or suffering to a place or group of people2 PUNISHto hit someone with a whip as punishment in the past→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusscourge• In another age Preston would have been out there with the self-flagellants, scourging away for all he was worth.Origin scourge1 (1100-1200) Anglo-French escorge, from Old French escorgier “to whip”, from Latin corrigia “long thin piece of leather” |
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