3VERB (尤指用粗话)抱怨,发牢骚;咒骂 If you curse something, you complain angrily about it, especially using rude language. (尤指用粗话)抱怨,发牢骚;咒骂
So we set off again, cursing the delay, towards the west. [VERB noun]
于是,我们一面抱怨延误了时间,一面又朝西出发了。
She silently cursed her own stupidity. [VERB noun]
她在心里默默地骂自己愚蠢。
4N-COUNT 诅咒;咒语 If you say that there is a curse on someone, you mean that there seems to be a supernatural power causing unpleasant things to happen to them. 诅咒;咒语
Maybe there is a curse on my family. [+ on/upon]
可能我的家族受到了诅咒。
He's been the object of a voodoo curse.
他受到伏都教的诅咒。
5N-COUNT [usually singular]祸根;祸端;祸水 You can refer to something that causes a great deal of trouble or harm as a curse . 祸根;祸端;祸水
Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy. [+ of]
冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。
Summer colds are a terrible curse.
夏季感冒是极其糟糕的事。
Quotations
A plague o' both your housesWilliam ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet
How comes it that you curse, Frère Jean? It's only, said the monk, in order to embellish my languageFrançois RabelaisGargantua
[Cursing] is an operation which in literature, particularly in the drama, is commonly fatal to the victim. Nevertheless, the liability to a cursing is a risk that cuts but a small figure in fixing the rates of life insuranceAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
2wish that sth terrible will happen to sb詛咒ADJECTIVE | VERB + CURSE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ancient古老的詛咒➤evil, terrible邪惡的/惡毒的詛咒➤family家族的詛咒VERB + CURSE➤utter咒罵▸➤place, put詛咒➤break, lift, remove破咒;解除詛咒PREPOSITION➤under a curse受到詛咒而遭殃◇She thought that she must be under a curse.她認為自己肯定是受人詛咒而遭了殃。➤curse on, curse upon對⋯的詛咒◇The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house.人們認為巫婆對這幢房子念了咒。curse
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤roundly狠狠咒罵▸➤loudly大聲詛咒➤aloud高聲詛咒▸➤quietly, softly, under your breath悄悄詛咒;輕聲詛咒◇He cursed under his breath as the hammer slipped.錘子滑偏,他輕輕地罵了一聲。➤inwardly, mentally, silently暗暗/心裏/默默詛咒➤angrily生氣地咒罵PREPOSITION➤for因⋯而咒罵◇I cursed her roundly for being late.因為遲到,我狠狠地罵了她。PHRASES➤curse and swear (BrE) 咒罵➤curse and shout, yell, scream, etc.喊叫着、大叫着、尖叫着等咒罵◇She was cursing and screaming at me just because I was late.僅僅因為我遲到了,她就對我尖聲咒罵。➤curse the day咒罵老天◇He was now cursing the day he ever got involved.他現在詛咒老天把他也捲了進來。➤curse your luck咒罵運氣不好◇She cursed her luck that she had had to wait for so long.她罵自己運氣不佳,得排那麼長時間的隊。
curse ♦︎ swear ♦︎ damn ♦︎ blasphemeThese words all mean to say or think rude things about sb/sth.这些词均表示咒骂、诅咒、骂脏话。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to curse / swear loudly / quietly / softly / silently / under your breath■curse [intransitive, transitive] to use rude or offensive language; to say rude things to sb or think rude things about sb/sth骂脏话;咒骂;在心里诅咒◆He hit his head as he stood up and cursed under his breath.他站起来时撞到头,低声骂了一句。◆She cursed her bad luck.她骂自己运气不好。◆He cursed himself for his stupidity.他咒骂自己愚蠢。▸curse
noun
[countable] ◆He muttered a curse at the other driver.他低声咒骂对方司机。■swear(swore, sworn) [intransitive] to use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry(常因生气)骂脏话,咒骂◆She fell over and swore really loudly.她摔倒了,高声大骂起来。◆Why did you let him swear at you like that?你为什么听任他那么骂你?NOTE辨析 Curse or swear?You can curse a person or thing, but swear never takes an object in this meaning. Swear is used much more often than curse in spoken English. * curse的对象可以是人或事物,但表达此义时swear从不带宾语。swear比curse更常用于口语。■damn dæm (informal, spoken) used when swearing at sb/sth to show that you are angry(表示愤怒)该死,混账◆Damn you! I'm not going to let you bully me.你这个浑蛋!甭想欺负我。◆Damn this machine! Why won't it work?这该死的机器!为什么运行不了?■blaspheme blæsˈfiːm [intransitive, transitive] (ratherformal) to speak about God or the holy things of a particular religion in an offensive way; to swear using the names of God or holy things亵渎(上帝或神明);用上帝或神明之名咒骂◆How dare you blaspheme in front of your own father?你怎么敢在自己父亲面前口出恶言?◆He was accused of blaspheming the prophet.他被指控亵渎先知。▸blasphemy ˈblæsfəmi
noun
[uncountable, countable] ◆He was accused of blasphemy.他被指控亵渎神明。