scourges

Throughout the ages the Huang He River has been a scourge of the nation.

黄河在历史上经常引起祸害。

If you can rid our monastery of this scourge, that would be a great happiness for us!

你若能为我僧院除了这条祸根, 正是三生有幸了!

Textile workers suffer from three scourges -- noise , dust and humidity.

纱厂 工人的三大威胁,就是音响 、 尘埃和湿气.

Heaven above and earth below; witness my determination; and may gods and men scourge me should I fail in my duty or be ungrateful.

皇天后土，实鉴此心。背义忘恩，天人共戮。（《三国演义》）

In this sense, people have more control over their own fates as against the natural scourges and the irrationality of oppressing social systems.

从这个意义上说，相对自然灾害和压迫社会制度的不合理性，人类拥有了对自我命运的更多控制。

Orwell was describing something that has become one of the world's neglected scourges: the bad diet of the poor.

奥威尔描述的情况已经成为被世界忽视的祸根之一：穷人的不良饮食。

Farmers don't need much prompting to tell you that 'flaming dog owners' are the scourge of their lives.

不用怎么提示农场主们就会告诉你，“该死的养狗人”是他们生活的灾星。

Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s.

通货膨胀曾是20世纪70年代的祸患。