plague

rahatsız etmek, başına bela olmak

Birine ya da bir şeye sürekli sorun, acı veya kaygı yaşatmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To keep causing someone or something problems, pain, or worry.

• Doubts plague him every day.
• Technical problems plagued the new website.
• She kept plaguing me with questions about the trip.

Nasıl kullanılır: be plagued by something (The project was plagued by delays.); be plagued with something (She was plagued with doubts.)

Eş anlamlılar: trouble, bother, torment

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: plague someone, plague a project, plague someone with questions

musallat olmak, bela olmak

Hastalık veya felaketin insanlara musallat olup acı çektirmesi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To cause people to suffer from a disease or disaster.

• Disease plagued the village.
• Repeated droughts have plagued the region for years.
• The settlers were plagued by fever throughout the winter.

Nasıl kullanılır: be plagued by something (The region was plagued by famine.)

Eş anlamlılar: afflict, ravage

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: plague a region, plague a community

veba

Bakterilerin yol açtığı, çoğunlukla pirelerle yayılan ve insanları öldürebilen ağır hastalık.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A serious disease caused by bacteria, often spread by fleas, that can kill people.

• Plague spread through the town.
• Many people died of plague during the outbreak.
• The doctor suspected that the patient had plague.

Eş anlamlılar: bubonic plague

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: bubonic plague, plague outbreak, die of plague

istila

Bir yere zarar veren böceklerin veya hayvanların olağandışı derecede çoğalması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An unusually large number of insects or animals that damage a place.

• A plague of mice ruined the grain.
• Farmers faced a plague of locusts last summer.
• The island suffered another insect plague.

Nasıl kullanılır: a plague of something (A plague of locusts destroyed the wheat.)

Eş anlamlılar: infestation

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: plague of locusts, plague of rats, insect plague

felaket, bela

Çok sayıda insanı etkileyen, bazen Tanrı’nın cezası sayılan felaket veya zararlı durum.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A disaster or harmful condition that affects many people, sometimes understood as punishment from God.

• Famine became a plague upon the land.
• They believed the drought was a plague sent by God.
• The story describes ten plagues that struck an ancient kingdom.

Nasıl kullanılır: a plague of something (The country suffered a plague of violence.)

Eş anlamlılar: scourge, calamity, affliction

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: terrible plague, plague upon someone, plague of violence

baş belası

Büyük rahatsızlık veya sıkıntı yaratan kişi ya da şey.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A person or thing that causes great annoyance or trouble.

• That boy is a plague.
• Her endless questions became a plague to the whole household.
• These noisy visitors are a real plague.

Nasıl kullanılır: a plague to someone (That noisy boy is a plague to his neighbours.)

Eş anlamlılar: nuisance, pest, bother

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a real plague, plague to someone