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After the scourge of flood usually comes the scourge of disease.
水灾之后，通常瘟疫会接踵而来。
▷scourge [skɝdʒ]
【释义】A scourge is a whip[鞭子] — 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[专政;独裁] could scourge and oppress its citizens, and an infectious disease could scourge an entire community. When you see scourge, think "suffering."
vt. 鞭打;蹂躏;严斥;痛斥
n. 鞭;灾祸;鞭子;苦难的根源
Inflation was the greatest scourge of society.
通货膨胀是社会上的最大祸害。
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