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。
As well as typhoons, another ancient scourge still threatens.
和台风一样，另一个古老的天谴仍旧威胁著。
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。
They are human beings, not a scourge and the god of plague.
他们也是人，并非洪水猛兽和瘟神。
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？
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。
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。
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 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？
If love could not resist this scourge, but faith can be sad to open.
就算用爱抵挡不了这天灾，但信念可将悲伤都化开。