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

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。
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！
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？
Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.
天花曾是世界的大患。
The end of smallpox as a scourge in the western world.
天花作为西方世界灾难的绝迹。
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。
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。
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》）
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。
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？