the plague

常見例句

The plague has broken out.
突然發(fā)生了鼠疫。
《新英漢大辭典》
In 1348 the plague or “The Black Death” arrived in Europe from traders coming from Asia and was spread by rats that arrived on trader’s ships.
在1348年，一場瘟疫或者黑死病通過從亞洲來的商人來到歐洲，并被在那些商人的商船里的老鼠傳播開來。
Medical opinion had it that such exposure to hot water could open up the skin and let the plague, or other ills, in.
醫(yī)學(xué)界的觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為這種暴露于熱水中的行為將會導(dǎo)致皮膚孔的打開，并使瘟疫或其他病菌進(jìn)入。

"These Asian Carp are the plague."
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.
拿紫色斑疹熱作為例子,我們也把這種病稱作麻疹,它是導(dǎo)致死亡的主要原因,就好像瘟疫,而現(xiàn)在不會再這樣了,感謝上帝
耶魯公開課 - 生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程探索課程節(jié)選
So this sort of structural repetition creates a crescendo that leads then to the finaland most devastating plague which is the slaughter of the Egyptian firstborn sons.
所以這種結(jié)構(gòu)上的反復(fù)，創(chuàng)造了一種漸漸加強(qiáng)的效果,最終到了最后一個(gè)，也是最具毀滅性的瘟疫,對埃及人長子的屠殺。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

SO, I shall avoid them like the plague for the rest of my days.
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Otherwise, avoid being cutesy like the plague and act like a professional at all times.
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In a typical year, several people in the United States come down with an unusual disease: the plague.
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