Word · Frequency #14639
scourge
鞭打；鞭笞
To strike a person or animal with a whip; to flog.
- 1.
To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
用鞭子抽打(人或动物等)；鞭笞。
- 2.
To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
用鞭子或仿佛用鞭子驱赶(人或动物等)移动。
- 3.
To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
惩罚(人或动物等)；责罚。
- 4.
To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
使(某人或某物)持续(且常为广泛)痛苦、苦难或麻烦；折磨。
鞭策；驱赶；惩罚；惩治；折磨；使痛苦；用鞭子抽打(人或动物等)；鞭笞。；用鞭子或仿佛用鞭子驱赶(人或动物等)移动。
In use
The cruel ruler scourged the rebels without mercy.
The disease scourged the population, leaving thousands dead.
He scourges himself with self-criticism for every small mistake.
scourge + noun
The dictator scourged his people with cruel laws.
独裁者用残酷的法律折磨他的人民。
scourge sb/sth with sth
表示用具体工具鞭打。
He scourged the enemy with a whip.
他用鞭子抽打敌人。
be scourged by sth
常用于比喻，表示遭受灾难的折磨。
The country was scourged by famine.
Connections
Collocations
- scourge a horse
- 鞭打马
- The driver scourged the tired horse to urge it on.赶车人鞭打那匹疲惫的马，催着它往前走。
- scourge oneself
- 鞭笞自己；自我惩罚
- The monk scourged himself in penance for his sins.那名修士为赎罪而鞭打自己。
- scourge someone for
- 因…原因鞭打（惩罚）某人
- The captain scourged the sailor for disobeying an order.船长因那名水手违抗命令而鞭打了他。
- scourge someone into submission
- 鞭打（某人）使其屈服
- The jailer scourged the prisoners into submission.狱卒鞭打囚犯，迫使他们屈服。
- be scourged by
- 遭到…的蹂躏；被…折磨
- The island was scourged by a powerful hurricane.那座岛屿遭到强飓风的蹂躏。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
scourge 以 -urge 结尾，鞭打就是最强烈的 urge（驱使）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：news reporting、academic prose、literary narrative scourge 作动词表示“使遭受苦难”时，通常用于正式书面语，多出现在新闻报道、学术文章或文学作品中；日常口语中较少使用。该词语气较重，常强调持续、严重的苦难。
Pronunciation & Spelling
scourge 读作 /skɝdʒ/，与 urge、surge、purge 押韵，都含 /ɝdʒ/。注意拼写相似的 scour /skaʊr/、courage /ˈkɝɪdʒ/、source /sɔrs/ 读音差别很大，不能按字母拼写推断读音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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