bane

n. destruction,ruin毁灭，覆灭。
△Mac.5.3.59:“I will not be afraid of death and bane，”我不怕死亡也不怕覆灭。
△2H.Ⅵ.5.1.119:“The sons of York,thybetters in their birth,/Shall be their father’s bail;and bane to those/That for my surety will refuse theboys!”约克的儿子们，出身比你优越，自然可以做他们父亲的保人，而且对于那些拒绝这些孩子们作保的人来说，他们也意味着后者的灭亡！

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bane

vt. poison,destroy with poison毒害，毒杀。
△Mer.4.1. 44:“What if my house be troubled with a rat,/And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats/Tohave it baned?”譬如说，我家里闹耗子，我就许愿出一万块把它毒死，谁又管得着？

bane[bein]

n. 祸根，灾星，毒品，犯罪分子
‖ baneful adj. 有害的，致死的