afflict

英[əˈflɪkt]美[əˈflɪkt]

vt.使受痛苦，折磨，使苦恼；

第三人称单数：afflicts;

过去式：afflicted;

过去分词：afflicted;

现在分词：afflicting;

例句

They may grant you power,honour,and riches but afflict you with servitude,infamy,and poverty.他们可以给你权力、荣誉和财富,但却用奴役、耻辱和贫穷来折磨你。

a disease that can afflict women past the menopause更年期后的妇女易患的一种疾病

New medical technology will cure more ailments that afflict humanity.新的医学技术可以治疗更多困扰人类的疾病.

Famine and war still afflict mankind.饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦.

There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.听力有障碍的人们主要受到两大问题的困扰。

There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments...听力有障碍的人们主要受到两大问题的困扰。

同义词

vt.

afflict的同义词之：使痛苦,使苦恼

botherperturbcausetroublegreatlydistressdisturbpainagitate

afflict的同义词之：其他释义

prickagitatebotherailharrowdistresstroubleperturbdisturbtorture

反义词

vt.

afflict的反义词之：使痛苦;折磨

relievecomfortsolaceconsole

afflict的反义词之：其他释义

solaceconsolerelievecomfort

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

折磨;使痛苦

If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.

例句

Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades...几十年来意大利一直饱受**腐败之苦。There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments...听力有障碍的人们主要受到两大问题的困扰。

英汉词典释义

vt.

使受痛苦, 折磨

Famine and war still afflict mankind.饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦。

英英词典释义

Verb

1. cause great unhappiness for; distress;

"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

2. cause pain or suffering in;

"afflict with the plague""That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"

3. cause bodily suffering to