n.[C]

1. （用作刑具的）鞭子
2. 懲罰的工具；懲罰
3. 天譴；苦難的根源；災禍
   Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.

   天花曾是世界的大患。

vt.

1. 鞭打，鞭笞
2. 嚴懲；嚴斥[（+for）]
   He was scourged for tax evasion.

   他因逃稅受到嚴懲。

3. 使痛苦；折磨[（+with）]
   For fifteen years the country was scourged by war.

   這個國家遭受戰爭的蹂躪達十五年之久。

n.

1. historical a whip used as an instrument of punishment.
2. a person or thing causing great trouble or suffering.

v.

1. historical whip with a scourge.
2. cause great suffering to.