scourge

英 [skɜːdʒ]

美 [skɜːrdʒ]

n. 祸害; 祸根; 灾害; (旧时用作刑具的)鞭子
v. 折磨; 使受苦难; 使痛苦; 鞭打; 鞭笞

复数：scourges　过去分词：scourged　现在分词：scourging　过去式：scourged　第三人称单数：scourges　

Collins.1 / BNC.14639 / COCA.14709

牛津词典

noun

verb

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。
鞭打；鞭笞
to hit sb with a scourge

N-COUNT 灾难;祸害
Ascourgeis 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。
VERB 使痛苦;危害;折磨
If somethingscourgesa 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。

noun

a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
Synonym:flagellum
a person who inspires fear or dread
1. he was the terror of the neighborhood
Synonym:terrorthreat
something causing misery or death
1. the bane of my life
Synonym:banecursenemesis

verb

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
1. The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonym:lay waste towastedevastatedesolateravage
whip
1. The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Synonym:flagellate
punish severely

Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
毒品是破坏我们社会的一大祸害。
This scourge must be stopped, he thought to himself.
他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。
Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.
通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
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？
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。
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。
The end of smallpox as a scourge in the western world.
天花作为西方世界灾难的绝迹。
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。
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？
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。