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英语单词scourge、disaster、disastrous的用法-刘毅词汇10000学习笔记

scourge:(用以打人的)鞭子;(比喻)引起灾害的事物或人(v)鞭打

The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient。
新老板来了以后,不称职的人就遭殃。

disaster:灾难,灾祸;失败;(口语)彻底失败的人或事物

As a teacher, he is a disaster。
他是个很糟糕的教师。

disastrous(adj):灾难性的,造成灾害的,失败的

This is not in itself disastrous.
这本身并非灾难性的。

The consequences of these actions were disastrous.
这些行动的结果是灾难性的。

Yet as I said, there’s a push for a repeat of this disastrous performance.
然而,正如我前面所说的那样,有人推动要重演灾难性的这一幕。