英汉词典

plague 基本解释

• n. 瘟疫；灾祸；麻烦；讨厌的人
• vt. 折磨；使苦恼；使得灾祸

plague 词态变化

plague 中文词源

来自拉丁语plaga,瘟疫，灾害，来自plangere,击，打，哀伤，捶胸顿足，来自PIE*plak,击，打，捶胸，可能来自声词，捶胸哀叹的声音，词源同plangent,apoplexy.比喻用法。

plague 英文词源

plague

plague: [14] Etymologically, plague means a ‘blow’ or ‘stroke’. It goes back to the same prehistoric base, *plag- ‘hit’, as produced Latin plangere ‘beat’ (source of English complain, plaintiff [14], plaintive [14], and plangent [19] – which originally denoted the sound of waves ‘beating’ against the shore) and English plankton.

From this was derived Greek plāgá ‘blow’, which was borrowed into Latin as plāga ‘blow’, hence ‘wound’. In the Vulgate it was used for an ‘infectious disease’, and was borrowed in this sense (as well as the now defunct ‘blow’) via Old French into English. (*Plak-, a parallel form to *plag-, lies behind English apoplexy and plectrum [17].)
=> apoplexy, complain, plaintive, plangent, plankton, plectrum

plague (n.)

late 14c., plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;" early 15c., "malignant disease," from Old French plage (14c.), from Late Latin plaga, used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from Latin plaga "stroke, wound," probably from root of plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)," from or cognate with Greek (Doric) plaga "blow," from PIE *plak- (2) "to strike, to hit" (cognates: Greek plazein "to drive away," plessein "to beat, strike;" Old English flocan "to strike, beat;" Gothic flokan "to bewail;" German fluchen, Old Frisian floka "to curse").

The Latin word also is the source of Old Irish plag (genitive plaige) "plague, pestilence," German Plage, Dutch plaage. Meaning "epidemic that causes many deaths" is from 1540s; specifically in reference to bubonic plague from c. 1600. Modern spelling follows French, which had plague from 15c. Weakened sense of "anything annoying" is from c. 1600.

plague (v.)

late 15c., from Middle Dutch plaghen, from plaghe (n.) "plague" (see plague (n.)). Sense of "bother, annoy" it is first recorded 1590s. Related: Plagued; plaguing.

plague 英文释义

1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)

2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate

3. a swarm of insects that attack plants;

"a plague of grasshoppers"

4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

5. an annoyance;

"those children are a damn plague"

plague 双语例句

1. Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.

去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。

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2. A plague on you and your damned percentages!

你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！

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3. I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.

我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。

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4. Inflation will remain a recurrent plague.

通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。

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5. an outbreak of plague

鼠疫的爆发

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plague 实用场景例句

an outbreak of plague

鼠疫的爆发

牛津词典

the plague of AIDS

艾滋病这种严重的传染病

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a plague of locusts/rats, etc.

蝗灾、鼠害等

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to be plagued by doubt

为疑虑所困扰

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Financial problems are plaguing the company.

财政问题使这家公司焦头烂额。

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The team has been plagued by injury this season.

本赛季这支队一直为队员受伤所困扰。

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Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.

摇滚歌星必须习惯歌迷要求签名的纠缠。

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A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.

当时霍乱疫情已在夺去很多战俘的生命。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a fresh outbreak of plague.

新一轮鼠疫的爆发

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...illnesses such as smallpox, typhus and the plague.

像天花、伤寒和鼠疫这样的疾病

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The city is under threat from a plague of rats...

该市处于鼠患的威胁之下。

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Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.

去年抢劫和入室行窃成灾。

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Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...

通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。

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Tim seems to have escaped the cynicism which is the absolute plague of our generation.

蒂姆好像并没有染上我们这代人愤世嫉俗的通病。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...

她感觉体虚、疲倦、头昏眼花。

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Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.

几乎一半的员工担心失业。

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I'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions, Miss Culver...

卡尔弗小姐，我不会再问更多的问题来烦你了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.

汤米·库克已纠缠平纳好几个月了。

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I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around...

他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.

我一般对廉价的葡萄酒敬而远之。

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A plague on you and your damned percentages!

你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！

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Unfortunately, the fleas on those rats carried a disease called Bubonic Plague.

不幸的是, 那些老鼠身上的跳蚤携带着一种被称为“黑死病”的疾病.

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The fatality rate of pneumonic plague a staggering 95 percent.

肺鼠疫的死亡率是达到惊人95%.

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This is no doubt who made the bear market of the plague were even worse.

这无疑是使得饱受熊市困挠的们雪上加霜.

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Plague is still studied by governments and terrorist organizations for possible germ warfare applications.

鼠疫仍然是研究由政府和恐怖分子组织可能细菌战的应用.

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The plague has broken out.

突然发生了鼠疫.

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