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afflict

英 [əˈflɪkt]

美 [əˈflɪkt]

v.  折磨; 使痛苦

过去分词:afflicted 第三人称单数:afflicts 现在分词:afflicting 过去式:afflicted 

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同义词辨析

plagueafflictinflict【导航词义:使受痛苦】

plaguev. 折磨,使苦恼
〔辨析〕
指糟糕的事情(如病痛、问题等)在很长一段时间内不断困扰某个人、组织、地区等,通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
He was plagued by insomnia.
他受到失眠的折磨。
Labour shortages continued to plague that area.
用工荒继续困扰该地区。
afflictv. 〈正式〉使痛苦,折磨
〔辨析〕
指疾病、战争、贫困等让某人、某地区等饱受折磨,常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
About 20% of that country's population is afflicted by famine.
那个国家20%左右的居民饱受饥荒之苦。
How many people around the world are afflicted with arthritis?
世界上有多少人为关节炎所折磨?
inflictv. 使承受,使遭受
〔辨析〕
指使人、机构、地区等遭受不愉快的事。
〔例证〕
The strikes inflicted serious damage on the company.
罢工给公司造成了巨大损失。
Peasants still had to pay the rent despite all of the damage inflicted by the storm.
尽管暴风雪造成了各种损失,农民依然得交租。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 折磨;使痛苦
      to affect sb/sth in an unpleasant or harmful way
      1. About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.
        全国40%左右的人口患有这种疾病。
      2. Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.
        将向受灾地区提供援助。

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 折磨;使痛苦
      If youare afflicted bypain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
      1. Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades...
        几十年来意大利一直饱受政治腐败之苦。
      2. 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。
      3. The afflicted person should keep off solid foods and drink plenty of fluids.
        病人不应吃固体食物而要多喝流质食物。
      4. The afflictedare people who are afflicted.
        受苦的人
      5. It is food that the afflicted want now.
        受苦的人们现在需要的是食物。

    英英释义

    verb

    • cause physical pain or suffering in
      1. afflict with the plague
      Synonym:smite
    • cause great unhappiness for
      1. she was afflicted by the death of her parents

    双语例句

    • But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;
      我必将这杯,递在苦待你的人手中。
    • Scleroderma, an autoimmune disease, tends to afflict middle-age women and can affect many parts of the body, inside and out.
      硬皮病,一种自身免疫疾病,多发于中年妇女,可以影响到躯体内外的多个部位。
    • Financial crises afflict every kind of country.
      金融危机侵害着每一种类型的国家。
    • I wish you would not afflict me with your constant complains.
      我希望你不要总是抱怨,真让我心烦。
    • Famine and war still afflict mankind.
      饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦。
    • The one who afflict me and can't let me pass is myself.
      不放过我的折磨我的是我自己而已;
    • Handling of diseases that afflict large populations are usually rather stringent.
      群发性疾病的处理一般要比较严格。
    • The afflicted person should keep off solid foods and drink plenty of fluids.
      病人不应吃固体食物而要多喝流质食物。
    • As people open their hearts to this natural disaster, the world is being asked not to forget the no less destructive man-made disasters that afflict fragile states across the globe.
      当人们对这一自然灾害倾心相助时,世界也不应忘记那些折磨着全球脆弱国家的、破坏性不亚于自然灾害的人为灾害。
    • Although I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no more.
      犹大阿,我虽然使你受苦,却不再使你受苦。