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Scourge Suffering Group People 英[Skɜ:Dʒ 美[Skɜrdʒ N.天灾,灾难;鞭子;苦难的根源;Vt.鞭打;重惩,重责;使痛苦;严惩 N Count

单词 scourge
音标
英[skɜ:dʒ] 美[skɜrdʒ]
解释
n.天灾,灾难;鞭子;苦难的根源;vt.鞭打;重惩,重责;使痛苦;严惩;
例句

N-COUNT
灾难;祸害
A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
例:...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
例: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 something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.
例: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。
变形
third:scourges~done:scourged~pl:scourges~ing:scourging~past:scourged~

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