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plague

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plague1 /pleɪɡ/ ●○○ noun
1 [countableC]MI a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people 瘟疫,疫病
drops in population levels due to plagues and famines
瘟疫和饑荒造成的人口水平下降
2 [uncountableU] (also the plague)MI a very infectious disease that produces high fever and swollen places on the body, and often leads to death, especially bubonic plague 鼠疫〔尤指腺鼠疫〕 Black Death
The plague caused 100,000 deaths in London alone in the 1600s.
17 世紀,鼠疫僅在倫敦一地就造成了10萬人死亡。
3 a plague of rats/locusts etc INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTan uncontrolled and harmful increase in the numbers of a particular animal or insect 鼠災/蝗災等
A plague of squirrels is threatening our forests.
鬆鼠災害正在威脅我們的森林。
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avoid somebody/something like the plague at avoid(2)
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plague2 verb [transitiveT]
1 SUFFERto cause pain, suffering, or trouble to someone, especially for a long period of time 不斷困擾,折磨,使苦惱
be plagued by/with something
He was plagued by eye troubles.
他飽受眼疾困擾。
Financial problems continued to plague the company.
資金問題持續困擾着該公司。
nGrammar
Plague is often passive in this meaning.
2 ANNOYto annoy someone, especially by asking for something many times or asking them many questions 〔尤指通過不斷索要或提問來〕使煩惱[生氣],打攪
plague somebody with something
The kids have been plaguing me with questions.
孩子們一直纏着我問問題。
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Origin plague1
(1300-1400) Old French plage, from Latin plaga hit, wound

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