scourge

災厄、害悪

多くの人に長く大きな苦しみや問題をもたらす人や物事。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that causes serious suffering or trouble for many people over time.

• War remains a terrible scourge.
• They worked to end the scourge of poverty.
• The cruel ruler was the scourge of the region.

使い方： the scourge of something (The region still faces the scourge of hunger.); a scourge on someone/something (The disease became a scourge on the whole community.)

類義語： plague, curse, menace, affliction

反対語： blessing

よく使う表現： scourge of poverty, a terrible scourge, fight the scourge

鞭

人を罰したり動かしたりするために使う、革製の鞭。

やさしい英語で： A leather whip used to punish people or force them to move.

• The guard carried a scourge.
• He struck the prisoner with a leather scourge.
• The museum displays several old scourges.

類義語： whip, lash

よく使う表現： leather scourge, with a scourge, wield a scourge

苦しめる、さいなむ

人々や地域に、長い間ひどい苦しみや災難を与える。

やさしい英語で： To cause people or places great suffering or trouble over a long time.

• War scourged the region.
• Disease had scourged the island for years.
• Repeated droughts scourge the farming communities.

類義語： afflict, torment, plague

よく使う表現： scourge a nation, scourge the land, scourge a population

鞭打つ

人や動物を鞭で打つ。動かすために行うこともある。

やさしい英語で： To hit a person or animal with a whip, sometimes to make them move.

• The guards scourged him.
• The driver scourged the horses forward.
• Prisoners were scourged for refusing orders.

使い方： scourge someone/something with something (The guard scourged the prisoner with a leather whip.)

類義語： whip, flog, lash

よく使う表現： scourge a prisoner, scourge someone forward, scourge a horse