a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (see
鼠疫:
[count noun]a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
瘟疫。
[count noun]an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
天灾,虫灾
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a plague of fleas .蚤灾。
[in sing.]a thing causing trouble or irritation
烦恼事,苦恼事,烦扰事
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staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants .员工偷盗常常是饭店苦恼的事。
[in sing.]
〈古〉 愿上天降灾难于…(用于诅咒或表达绝望或厌恶)
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a plague on all their houses! 愿灾难降临到他们的家庭。[ORIGIN: in recent use echoing Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet (iii. i. 94).]
cause continual trouble or distress to
折磨,烦扰,打扰
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he has been plagued by ill health 他一直被病魔折磨着
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the problems that plagued the company .困扰这家公司的问题。
pester or harass (someone) continually
烦扰,纠缠
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he was plaguing her with questions .他老是用问题来烦她。
"late Middle English: Latin