curse

英 [kɜːs] 美 [kɜːrs]

• n. 诅咒；咒骂；祸端
• vt. 诅咒；咒骂；使受罪
• vi. 诅咒；咒骂

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 诅咒; 骂

   express a wish that great misfortune will happen to sb; swear at

n. (名词)

1. [C]诅咒,咒语; 骂人的话

   a word or sentence asking God, heaven, etc.

2. [C]祸害,祸根

   a cause of trouble, harm, etc.

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 祸害，灾祸；祸根，祸因，灾害的原因
2. 诅咒，恶骂，唾骂；咒语，骂人的话
3. <口>月经，月经期
4. 天罚
5. 咒逐，逐出教门

v. 动词

1. 诅咒，咒，咒骂，恶骂，骂
2. 求上帝降祸于，使遭难，使遭天罚，使受灾祸
3. 【宗】咒逐，把（某人）逐出教门
4. 使苦恼，使困苦，使感痛苦，使受罪
5. 恨，埋怨
6. 不断因…而遭殃
7. 为…所苦，受…之害
8. 念咒语诅咒
9. 降祸于，对…作祟

英英释义

Noun:

1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;

   "expletives were deleted"
   

2. an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

3. an evil spell;

   "a witch put a curse on his whole family"
   "he put the whammy on me"
   

4. something causing misery or death;

   "the bane of my life"
   

5. a severe affliction

Verb:

1. utter obscenities or profanities;

   "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
   

2. heap obscenities upon;

   "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
   

3. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;

   "The bad witch cursed the child"
   

4. exclude from a church or a religious community;

   "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our tribe is under a curse.
   我们的部落正受诅咒。
2. He muttered a curse at the other driver.
   他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
3. Foxes can be a curse to farmers.
   狐狸可给农民带来祸害。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She cursed him for ruining her life.
   她诅咒他，说他毁了她的一生。
2. He cursed the waiter who had spilled soup on him.
   他咒骂那个把汤溅在他身上的男侍者。
3. She was cursed with stammer all her life.
   她一生受口吃之苦。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The Fore knew kuru as a curse cast by sorcerers.
   弗尔族人认为，库鲁是由男巫发出的诅咒。
2. Curse, like chicken, come home to roost.
   诅咒像鸡雏，必回栖息木。
3. A crush in the theatre made him curse.
   剧院的拥挤让他咒骂不已。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. She cursed loudly.
   她大声咒骂。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The old man cursed his enemies.
   那位老人在咒骂他的敌人。
2. The rider cursed his horse.
   这个骑手咒骂他的马。
3. He cursed a curse that was almost a scream, then he went out.
   他尖厉地骂了一声,然后就出去了。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ pron./n. +as n.

1. They cursed me as a madman.
   他们骂我是疯子。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The witch put a curse on her.
   女巫念咒诅咒她。
2. His talk was full of vile curses.
   他的讲话中充斥着骂人的脏话。
3. The wolves can be a curse to the village.
   狼给这个村庄带来了祸害。

经典引文

• I give him curses, yet he gives me love.

  出自：Midsummer Night's Dream , Shakespeare

• He cursed Foster for a meddling, cantankerous fanatic.

  出自： Hugh Walpole

• The rain that she had been cursing..now seemed like a blessing.

  出自： C. Freeman

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

curse at( v.+prep. )

咒骂某人 swear at sb
curse at sb
She cursed at one of her servants this morning.

今天早晨她大骂了一个仆人。

curse with( v.+prep. )

因…而受苦suffer misfortune or great harm because of
be cursed with sth
Poor Mother is cursed with bad health.

可怜的母亲苦于身体不佳。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• curse for 因…而咒骂
• curse sb for his clumsiness 咒骂某人笨手笨脚

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• heap curses on sb 大咒某人
• lay〔pronounce, put〕 a curse upon sb 诅咒某人
• lift a curse 解除诅咒

形容词+～

• bitter curse 臭骂
• muttered curse 喃喃的咒骂

介词+～

• under a curse 被咒骂
• lay sb under a curse 诅咒某人

～+介词

• curse of drink 饮酒的祸害
• curse to 对…是祸因

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. curse的意思是“咒,骂”,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接同源宾语。还可接as+ n. 作补足语的复合宾语, as不可省略。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

curse, damn

• 这两个词的共同意思是“责骂”“诅咒”。
• 1.curse指采用任何言语来斥责或诅咒别人,用在最为正式的场合; 而damn指因愤怒、厌烦、轻蔑、失望等情绪而指责或咒骂。
• 2.curse含有请求某种神力惩罚做了错事的人或者其敌人的意味; 而damn则有“宣称某人某物是坏的”之意。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的cursian，意为咒骂。

近反义词

【近义词】

• swear

【反义词】

• bless