to plague
01
悩ます, 苦しめる
to continually cause someone or something difficulty, pain, or worry
Transitive: to plague sb/sth
例
Technical issues can plague the functionality of software applications.
技術的な問題は、ソフトウェアアプリケーションの機能を悩ませる可能性があります。
She was plagued by persistent financial troubles that affected her daily life.
彼女は日常生活に影響を与える持続的な財政問題に悩まされていた。
02
悩ませる, 困らせる
to continuously annoy, trouble, or harass someone
Transitive: to plague sb
例
The constant phone calls from telemarketers plagued him.
テレマーケティング担当者からの絶え間ない電話が彼を悩ませた。
The children ’s endless questions about the trip plagued their parents.
旅行についての子供たちの終わりのない質問が両親を悩ませた。
Plague
01
ペスト, 黒死病
a dangerous disease spread by rats that causes fever and swellings, often kills if infected
例
The plague, also known as the Black Death, is a deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
ペスト、別名黒死病は、Yersinia pestisという細菌によって引き起こされる致命的な感染症です。
Symptoms of the plague include fever, chills, headache, and painful, swollen lymph nodes ( buboes ).
ペストの症状には、発熱、悪寒、頭痛、痛みを伴う腫れたリンパ節（横痃）が含まれます。
02
a large swarm of insects, especially locusts, that destroy crops or vegetation
例
Farmers fought to save their fields from a plague of locusts.
The crops were wiped out by a plague of grasshoppers.
03
something that causes persistent irritation, distress, or trouble
例
The constant noise was a plague to the residents.
Traffic congestion has become a modern plague.
04
a widespread and catastrophic disaster, often regarded as a punishment or curse from God
例
The story tells of ten plagues unleashed upon Egypt.
Drought and famine struck the land like a plague.
