v. 鞭打；给……带来痛苦，折磨（scourage 的现在分词）

Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scourged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Scourging}.] [From {Scourge}, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.]
1. To whip severely; to lash.

Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
--Acts xxii.
25.

2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6.

3. To harass or afflict severely.

To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.