afflict是一个英语单词，动词，作动词时意为“折磨；使痛苦；使苦恼”。
afflict
- v. 折磨，使痛苦；（天体）相对于（另一天体或黄道上某点）处于应力星位
[ 第三人称单数 afflicts 现在分词 afflicting 过去式 afflicted 过去分词 afflicted ]
专业释义英英释义
afflict [ ə'flikt ]
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v.
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cause great unhappiness for; distress
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
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cause pain or suffering in
"afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
同义词： smite
- cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
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cause great unhappiness for; distress
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
afflict /əˈflɪkt/ CET6 TEM8 ( afflicting, afflicted, afflicts )
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V-T If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer. 困扰 [正式]
例：Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades.
意大利受政治腐败困扰已数十年了。
例：There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.
有两大问题困扰有听觉障碍的人。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.
有两大问题困扰有听觉障碍的人。
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ECONOMIC woes afflict many at the moment.
经济灾难此刻折磨着许多人。
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I don't want to afflict you with my troubles.
我不想使你为我的困难而苦恼。
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Lucille Clifton often said that she tried to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
VOA: special.2010.04.18
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The relativity of truth, the profusion of languages, these things that afflict Eliot are a source of faith for Stevens.
真理的相关性，语言的丰富性，这些折磨着艾略特的事物，对于史蒂文斯而言却是信仰的来源。
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As hot temperatures afflict Moscow, portable air conditioners, fans and inflatable pools are flying off the shelves.
VOA: standard.2010.07.23
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