音标:[pleiɡz] ;
n. 瘟疫( plague的名词复数 ); 灾害, 折磨
n a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
n any epidemic disease with a high death rate
n a swarm of insects that attack plants
n any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
n an annoyance
v cause to suffer a blight
v annoy continually or chronically

plague的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Plague came in the wake of earthquake.地震之后紧跟着就是瘟疫。
  2. A great plague was then raging in the city.那时一场大瘟疫正在该城肆虐。
  3. He's been avoiding me like the plague since our quarrel.我们吵架以後,他一直如避蛇蝎似的躲著我。
  4. A plague of locusts affected the harvest a lot this year.蝗灾大大影响了今年的丰收。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. A demon or spirit once was thought to plague sleeping people.梦魔被认为折磨睡觉的人的魔鬼或灵魂
  2. He always plagues me to help him.他总是烦我去帮助他。
  3. Telemarketers plague our lives.电话销售员给我们生活带来了很多麻烦。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Don't always plague your mother.不要总是缠着你母亲。
  2. That mistake plagued him for years.那个错误使他痛苦了许多年。
  3. She has been plaguing me with silly questions all day.她整天用愚蠢的问题烦扰我。
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  5. Why am I plagued with bad luck?我为什么老是倒霉?
  6. She was plagued with arthritis.她患关节炎十分痛苦。
  7. The system is still plagued by technical faults.这种系统仍为技术故障所困扰。
  8. The construction schedule was plagued by the bad weather.天气恶劣使工程进度受阻。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • plague a construction schedule阻碍工程进度
  • plague the system造成系统出问题
~+介词
  • plague by sb's everlasting begging因某人不停地乞求而厌烦
  • plague into doing sth烦得只好做某事
  • plague with因…困扰
  • plague with doubts and fears为疑虑和恐惧所困扰

经典引文

  • A plague of moths in the castle!

    出自:Beano
  • The country was plagued for five generations by useless civil war.

    出自:H. A. L. Fisher
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