A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
例句
...the best chance in 20 years to end the scourge of terrorism...20 年來(lái)消滅恐怖主義禍害的最佳機(jī)會(huì)Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.毒品是破壞我們社會(huì)的一大禍害。
VERB
使痛苦;危害;折磨
If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great pain and suffering to people.
例句
Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.經(jīng)濟(jì)混亂使得戰(zhàn)后的世界陷入水深火熱之中。