Plague
[ pleɡ ]
第3級
其它 Other
n. 瘟疫;災害，折磨;
vt. 使染瘟疫;使痛苦，造成麻煩;
?? 例句
The stores had to cope with a plague of burglaries.
商店不得不設法對付盜賊之災。
Europe suffered many plagues in the Middle Ages.
歐洲在中世紀屢屢遭受瘟疫。
Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season.
這一家常年遭遇不幸。
In one village almost the entire population was striken with a plague.
在一個村莊里，幾乎全部的居民都遭受到疫病的襲擊。
The plague caused thousands of deaths.
鼠疫造成數千人死亡。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ plage-海濱,plague-瘟疫:海濱流行起瘟疫
※ plague-災禍,vague-不清楚的:禽流感會否引發災禍還不不清楚
※ pl-拼音“漂亮”,a-一,gue-拼音“孤兒”:多么漂亮的孤兒,可惜染上瘟疫
? 同義詞
?? 詞根
?? 牛津釋義
plague
n
1
(a) the plague [sing]
=bubonic plague (bubonic).
(b) [C] any deadly infectiousdisease that kills many people 瘟疫
[attrib 作定語]
The incidence of cholera in the camps has reached plague proportions. 營中霍亂流行已釀成瘟疫之災.
2 [C] ~ of sth large numbers of a pest that invade an area and cause annoyance or damage 侵擾一地造成破壞的大量有害動物
a plague of flies, locusts, rats, etc 蠅、 蝗、 鼠等災害.
3 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
(infml 口) cause of annoyance; nuisance 惹人煩惱的事物、 人或原因
What a plague that boy is! 那男孩太討厭了!
4 (idm 習語) avoid sb/sth like the plague => avoid. plague, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (with sth)
(a) annoy sb, esp by repeatedly asking questions or making demands 煩擾某人（尤指一再詢問或要求）
plague sb with questions, requests for money, etc 一再詢問、 要錢等煩擾某人.
(b) cause suffering or discomfort to sb 使某人受苦或難受
She was plagued with arthritis. 她患關節炎十分痛苦.
2 [Tn] cause trouble or difficulty to (sb/sth) 給（某人[某事物]）造成麻煩或困難
a construction schedule plagued by bad weather 因天氣惡劣受阻的工程進度.
?? 考研助記
捕那個（諧音）{除四害捕那個} 瘟疫 pla(play)+gue(gui鬼):被鬼玩- 瘟疫
?? 擴展釋義
*[pleig]n. 瘟疫, 天罰, 麻煩, 災禍vt. 折磨, 使苦惱, 使得災禍【醫】 鼠疫, 瘟疫
?? 同詞根單詞
?? 同為「博士」詞匯
查看全部博士詞匯 ›??? 情景例句
That fox!
你這只狐貍！
Maori families are often large, and uncles, aunts, grandparents and other relations may come to stay with the family for long periods.
毛利人的家庭通常很大，叔伯、嬸娘、爺爺奶奶以及其他親戚均可來與家里人長時期地住在一起。
We ate our sandwiches and a bar of chocolate each and began to feel better.
我們倆都吃了三明治和一塊巧克力才感到舒服些了。