v.困扰；n.瘟疫，灾害,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
plague (noun)1.
a) a disastrous evil or affliction - calamity
b) a destructively numerous influx - a plague of locusts
2.
a) an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality - pestilence
b) a virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium () and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms - Yersinia pestis called also black death
3.
a) a cause of irritation - nuisance
b) a sudden unwelcome outbreak - a plague of burglaries
transitive verb
1.
to smite, infest, or afflict with or as if with disease, calamity, or natural evil
2.
a) to cause worry or distress to - hamper burden
b) to disturb or annoy persistently worry
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
plague (noun)a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death
SYNONYMS:
pest, pestilenceRELATED WORDS:
murrain; epidemic, pandemic; affection, affliction, ailment, contagion, illness, infection, infirmity, malady, sickness; blight, curse, scourgeto cause persistent suffering to
SYNONYMS:
agonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, tortureRELATED WORDS:
assail, attack; badger, dog, hound, pursue, ride; aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vex; discomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry; crush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimize; hurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wring; martyrNEAR ANTONYMS:
abet, aid, assist, help; deliver, release, relieve, reprieve; comfort, console, content, quiet, solace, soothe, succor