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

It is an accepted tenet of modern economics that deflation is a terrible scourge that must be avoided.
现代经济学中有一条公认的原则是：通缩是一场必须避免的可怕灾难。
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。
One of the roles of the United Nations is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
联合国的一个职责是使后代人免受战争的苦难。
The end of smallpox as a scourge in the western world.
天花作为西方世界灾难的绝迹。
He was the scourge of all the christians.
他是所有基督徒的灾难。
This scourge must be stopped, he thought to himself.
他自己认为这场灾难必须被阻止。
And later today, I will discuss our efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking.
今天晚些时候，我将介绍我们在打击罪恶的人口贩运活动中所做的努力。
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。
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。
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！