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单词

plague

读音
pleɪɡ
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词根

“Plague”的词根来自于拉丁语“plaga”,意为“打击”,在此基础上由“plangere”衍生而来,表示“击打,伤害”,可以看出, plague在词义上更偏向“袭击”的含义。

释义

n. 瘟疫,鼠疫;灾祸,天灾;麻烦事,讨厌的人;愿上天降灾难于……(用于诅咒) v. 使折磨,使苦恼;纠缠,缠扰;使得灾祸 [ 复数 plagues 第三人称单数 plagues 现在分词 plaguing 过去式 plagued 过去分词 plagued ]

例句

It delves into everything from seasickness, jet lag and the hazards of camels to malaria and plague.
它探究了从晕船、时差和骆驼的危害到疟疾和瘟疫的一切。
Iconoclasts, either because they were born that way or through learning, have found ways to work around the perceptual shortcuts that plague most people.
要么天生如此,要么后天习得,总之传统叛逆者找到了困扰大多数人的认知捷径的替代方法。
Spotted fever in purples for example, which we call measles, was a significant cause of death as was the plague, which we don't have anymore, thank goodness.
拿紫色斑疹热作为例子,也就是我们所说的麻疹,和鼠疫一样,是导致死亡的重要原因,谢天谢地,现在已经没有鼠疫了。

强化记忆

"Plague"发音很像“拍了个”,你可以想象一个场景,你去拍一个照片,突然被人“拍了个”,你很困扰,此时你可以说你被"plague"了。"Plague"这个词在历史上常常与疾病、灾难紧密相连。其在中世纪被广泛地用来形容一种曾经在欧洲大范围内爆发并造成了大批人类死亡的疫情-黑死病。

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because the science hadn't been there before,epidemics of plagueor typhus or leprosy,
But look what happened in Europeafter the plague:rising wages,
Rha Goddess: We are in a moment of reckoning.An epic global plague,a massive workforce peace-out
You can create some incredible maps with this stuff.You want to understand the plague and why one plague is bubonicand the other one is a different kind of plague
So what does it take to turn these harmless insectsinto a crop-consuming plague?Desert locust eggs are laid in the damp depths of desert soil,
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