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scourge (rhymes with merge) As a noun, this word refers to a source of misery such as that caused by pestilence (see #1) or war. As a verb, it can mean to punish or, specifically, to whip (and the whip itself can be called a “scourge”).

  • Perhaps everything lies in the eye of the beholder: Europeans refer to Genghis Khan as “the scourge of Asia,” while to his own people he was considered a great leader.
  • Hamlet saw himself as sent to be both “scourge and minister”; in other words, he could both injure and heal.

——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》

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祸害(与merge押韵)作为一个名词,这个词指的是痛苦的来源,比如瘟疫(见#1)或战争造成的痛苦。作为一个动词,它可以意味着惩罚,或者具体地说,鞭笞(鞭笞本身可以被称为“祸害”)。

  • 也许一切都在旁观者的眼中:欧洲人称成吉思汗为“亚洲的祸害”,而对他自己的人民来说,他被认为是一位伟大的领导人
  • 哈姆雷特认为自己既是“祸害,又是大臣”;换句话说,他既可以受伤也可以痊愈。

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