| 单词 | plague |
| 释义 | plague I. 1. a. < rebel regiments were a plague upon the country, robbing, burning and committing every conceivable outrage — Kenneth Roberts > < the numbers racket and the dope plague thrive — Herman Kogan > — often used interjectionally to express annoyance or impatience < a plague o' both your houses — Shakespeare > < plague take it, what's keeping that boy > b. < plague of swarming locusts > < tremendous plagues of rats have devastated the rice fields — J.F.Embree & W.L.Thomas > < a plague of leafworms destroyed a large part of the crops — American Guide Series: Texas > 2. a. < a plague of cholera > < the great plague diseases … are rapidly approaching extinction — A.C.Morrison > b. 3. a. < having … been her husband's plague because of the violence of her temper — W.B.Yeats > < wild dogs are a … plague to squatters — Rachel Henning > b. < a plague of broken dishes in the cafeteria — Stuart Chase > < a plague of hot-dog stands and cheap amusements — American Guide Series: New York City > < a plague of burglaries > II. 1. a. < mass poverty and unemployment continued to plague the nation — F.L.Schuman > b. < diseases that plague mankind — Wall Street Journal > < a disease that plagues watermelons — Jane Nickerson > 2. a. (1) < debts … plagued her after her husband's death — Ruth P. Randall > < back trouble … had been plaguing him increasingly in recent weeks — A.C.Spectorsky > < outmoded notions about race … still plague this nation — Bradford Smith > (2) < construction of the power plant … has been plagued by bad weather — Annual Report of Illinois Power Co. > < a series of injuries plagued the team > < the traffic detour … which has plagued motorists — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News > : burden < the dance of today is plagued with exotic … mannerisms — John Martin > b. < she talked, she wrote, she plagued him — Elizabeth Janeway > < something … every congressman is continually plagued to do by his constituents — Christian Science Monitor > Synonyms: see worry |
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