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瘟疫；疫病
A plague is a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.
例句
A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.
當時霍亂疫情已在奪去很多戰(zhàn)俘的生命。
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（腺）鼠疫；黑死病
Plague or the plague is a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The patient has a severe fever and swellings on his or her body.
例句
...a fresh outbreak of plague.
新一輪鼠疫的爆發(fā)
...illnesses such as smallpox, typhus and the plague.
像天花、傷寒和鼠疫這樣的疾病
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（某一事物肆虐造成的）災難，禍患
A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time.
例句
The city is under threat from a plague of rats...
該市處于鼠患的威脅之下。
Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking.
去年搶劫和入室行竊成災。
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煩擾；令人頭痛的事物
If you describe something as a plague, you mean that it causes a great deal of trouble or harm.
例句
Inflation will remain a recurrent plague...
通貨膨脹將繼續(xù)成為周期性的煩擾。
Tim seems to have escaped the cynicism which is the absolute plague of our generation.
蒂姆好像并沒有染上我們這代人憤世嫉俗的通病。
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困擾；使煩惱；折磨
If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
例句
She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness...
她感覺體虛、疲倦、頭昏眼花。
Fears about job security plague nearly half the workforce.
幾乎一半的員工擔心失業(yè)。
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纏擾；糾纏
If someone plagues you, they keep bothering you or asking you for something.
例句
I'm not going to plague you with a lot more questions, Miss Culver...
卡爾弗小姐，我不會再問更多的問題來煩你了。
Tommy Cook had been plaguing Pinner for months.
湯米·庫克已糾纏平納好幾個月了。
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PHRASE
極力回避
If you say that you avoid someone or something like the plague, you are emphasizing that you deliberately avoid them completely.
例句
I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around...
他的妻子和我的父母在旁邊時，我會極力躲著他。
I normally avoid cheap wine like the plague.
我一般對廉價的葡萄酒敬而遠之。
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…真該死；愿上天降禍于…
You say a plague on a particular person or thing when you are very irritated by them and do not want to bother with them any more.
例句
A plague on you and your damned percentages!
你和你該死的百分比都見鬼去吧！