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scourge

C1 noun

scourge /skɜɹd͡ʒ/ nghĩa là tai ương

Các nghĩa

  1. tai ương

    A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.

    figuratively

    [I]f Attila equalled the hoſtile ravages of Tamerlane, either the Tartar or the Hun might deſerve the epithet of the Scourge of God.

    [H]e, / As he is wont, came to upbraid and curse, / Mocking our poverty, and telling us / Such was God's scourge for disobedient sons.

  2. tai ương

    A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.

    figuratively

    Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere.

    [W]hat ſcourge for periury, / Can this darke monarchy afford falſe Clarence, […]

    Intemperance is the plague of ſenſualitie; and temperance is not her ſcourge, but rather her ſeaſoning.

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