avoid like the plague
动词 v.
英 /əˈvɔɪd laɪk ðə ˈpleɪɡ/
美 /əˈvɔɪd laɪk ðə ˈpleɪɡ/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To evade or shun, if at all possible.
— Cliché should be avoided like the plague.
词形变化
词源
From the deadliness of the plague and the need to avoid it. Commonly attributed to similar phrases in Latin used by the priest and theologian Saint Jerome (c. 347–420) in his letters, for example:
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His igitur quasi quibusdam pestibus exterminatis veniamus ad eos,[…]
Avoiding these [the Remnuoth, a class of monks in Egypt] then as though they were the plague, […]
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[N]egotiatorem clericum et ex inope divitem et ex ignobili gloriosum quasi quandem pestem fuge
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business, one who has risen from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to a high position
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His igitur quasi quibusdam pestibus exterminatis veniamus ad eos,[…]
Avoiding these [the Remnuoth, a class of monks in Egypt] then as though they were the plague, […]
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[N]egotiatorem clericum et ex inope divitem et ex ignobili gloriosum quasi quandem pestem fuge
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business, one who has risen from poverty to wealth, from obscurity to a high position
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