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scourge 【scourge】n.引起灾害的事物或人After the scourge of flood usually comes the scourge of disease.洪水之后往往有瘟疫发生。

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[skɜːrdʒ] 
scourgesomething causing misery or death
A scourge is a whip — or anything else that is punishing and dreadful. You could confront "a scourge of corruption" or "a scourge of hunger."
As a verb, scourge means to cause suffering. Not surprisingly, it comes from the old French word meaning "to whip." A dictatorship could scourge and oppress its citizens, and an infectious disease could scourge an entire community. When you see scourge, think "suffering."
All forms of 'scourge' will appear on average once every 867 pages.scourgescourger

Front	scourge
Pron	[skɜːrdʒ]
Back	【scourge】 n.引起灾害的事物或人 After the scourge of flood usually comes the scourge of disease. 洪水之后往往有瘟疫发生。
Vocab	scourgesomething causing misery or death A scourge is a whip — or anything else that is punishing and dreadful. You could confront "a scourge of corruption" or "a scourge of hunger." As a verb, scourge means to cause suffering. Not surprisingly, it comes from the old French word meaning "to whip." A dictatorship could scourge and oppress its citizens, and an infectious disease could scourge an entire community. When you see scourge, think "suffering." All forms of 'scourge' will appear on average once every 867 pages. scourge scourger

Scourge Skɜːrdʒ N.引起灾害的事物或人 Flood Disease 洪水之后往往有瘟疫发生 Causing Misery