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来自盎格鲁法语escorge，鞭子，来自古法语escorgier，鞭打，鞭刑，可能来自拉丁语excoriare，剥皮，来自ex-，向外，corium，皮肤，兽皮，来自PIE*sker，砍，切，分开，词源同shear，excoriate.引申词义灾害，祸害。参照Scourge of God，上帝之鞭，原指欧洲人对西汉时期入侵欧洲的匈奴王的称号，后指元朝时再次入侵欧洲的成吉思汗。
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小知识
If something makes people miserable or causes them great pain and torment, it's a scourge. A corrupt government is one kind of scourge, and a plague of insects that destroys a farmer's crops is another kind of scourge.
Dating from the 13th century, scourge originally meant “a whip used as punishment.” It wasn't long until the figurative meaning of “something causing pain or misery” became even more common. A scourge tends to be something that causes folks to suffer terribly, whether it's a tsunami or unjust laws. You can also use this word as a verb: “Cutting the city's transportation budget will do nothing but scourge people without cars.”