the plague

常见例句

The plague has broken out.
突然发生了鼠疫。
《新英汉大辞典》
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，一场瘟疫或者黑死病通过从亚洲来的商人来到欧洲，并被在那些商人的商船里的老鼠传播开来。
Medical opinion had it that such exposure to hot water could open up the skin and let the plague, or other ills, in.
医学界的观点认为这种暴露于热水中的行为将会导致皮肤孔的打开，并使瘟疫或其他病菌进入。

"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.
拿紫色斑疹热作为例子,我们也把这种病称作麻疹,它是导致死亡的主要原因,就好像瘟疫,而现在不会再这样了,感谢上帝
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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.
所以这种结构上的反复，创造了一种渐渐加强的效果,最终到了最后一个，也是最具毁灭性的瘟疫,对埃及人长子的屠杀。
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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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