scourge
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/skɜːdʒ/us/skɝːdʒ/something or someone thatcausesgreatsufferingor a lot oftrouble:
灾难，祸害；苦难的根源the scourgeofwar/poverty/drugs战争／贫困／毒品的祸害
Pop-upadshave beendescribedas the scourgeoftheInternet.弹出窗口广告被称为互联网之祸。
Compare
thebaneofsomething
Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bearidiom
- albatross
- bane
- be dead meatidiom
- be in the clearidiom
- be out of the woodsidiom
- bump
- equation
- hindrance
- hot potato
- impediment
- incubus
- marathon
- nut
- teething troubles
- the tip of the icebergidiom
- thorn inyourflesh/sideidiom
- tiesomeoneup
- to-do
- twist
scourge
verb[T]
uk/skɜːdʒ/us/skɝːdʒ/scourgeverb[T](CAUSE SUFFERING)
tocausegreatsufferingor a lot oftrouble:
祸害；使苦恼，使痛苦Thecountryhas been scourgedby(= hassufferedvery much because of)famineinrecentyears.近年来这个国家遭受大饥荒的苦难。
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- alloy
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scuff
- sour
- wreck
scourgeverb[T](BEAT)
old use
tobeatsomeone with awhip(= apieceofleatherorropefastenedto astick)as apunishment:
WhenJesuswas scourged by theRomansoldiershebledlike a man.
Synonyms
flog(PUNISH)
whip
- Much of thecourtyardpavementsurvivesin the Monastery of the Flagellation, whereJesusChristwas scourged.
- Thekingwasfilledwithguiltfor hismurderand in 1174 came to Canterbury to be scourged at Becket'stombby the 80monksof the Cathedral's Abbey.
- At thattimetheinsanewerefrequentlytorturedand scourged.
- Whenalone, he wouldpraystill more. He would scourge himself,keepmidnightvigils,weartheroughhairshirt.
Punishing by causing pain
- birch
- cane
- caning
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- corporal punishment
- flagellate
- horsewhip
- lynch
- lynch law
- lynching
- mortification
- paddle
- smack
- spanking
- thrashing
- thumbscrew
- waterboard
- waterboarding
- whip
- whipping