afflict

美 [əˈflɪkt]英 [əˈflɪkt]
  • vt.折磨;使痛苦

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

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verb

VN折磨;使痛苦
to affect sb/sth in an unpleasant or harmful way

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。

Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.

将向受灾地区提供援助。

afflict

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    VERB 折磨;使痛苦
    If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.

    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。

verb

1
cause physical pain or suffering in
afflict with the plague
Synonym: smite
2
cause great unhappiness for;distress
she was afflicted by the death of her parents

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  1. There are many illnesses , which afflict old people .

    这里有许多的疾病,折磨这些老人。

  2. 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;

  3. 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。

  4. Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas .

    将向受灾地区提供援助。

  5. 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。

  6. Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores .

    很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。

  7. Both of them were afflicted with a rare genetic disease , which struck in their thirties

    他们两个都得了一种罕见的遗传病,这种病在他们30多岁时发作。

  8. 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。

  9. Those afflicted with the disease are often unaware of it in the early stages .

    这种病初起时,患者每不自觉。

  10. She 's doing brilliantly in her career , but her personal life is an afflicted area .

    她在事业上颇有成就,但她的个人生活却是个灾区。

  11. Famine and war still afflict mankind .

    饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦。

  12. A fatal cancer is afflicting her .

    致命癌症在折磨着她。

  13. This afflicted German intelligence with two fatal flaws : inefficiency , and subjugation to a madman .

    这给德国情报工作造成了两个致命的弱点,一个是缺乏效率,另一个是让一个疯子总管情报。

  14. There was no change in her face , but swithin 's pale eyes bulged as though he might suddenly have been afflicted with insight .

    她的面色一点不改,可是斯悦辛人的淡黄眼睛瞪了起来,就好像突然触见了什么事情而痛苦似的。

  15. I wish you wouldn 't afflict me with your constant complains .

    我希望你不要总是抱怨而使我苦恼。

  16. 3 % people of our country also afflicted this disease .

    在我国约有3%的人感染。

  17. High mortality rates still afflict children of the third world .

    高死亡率仍然给第三世界的孩子?带来苦难。

  18. Exploration and practice of group management in hospitals afflicted to the enterprise

    企业医院实行集团化管理的探索和实践

  19. Most of us know people afflicted by mental illness .

    我们中绝大多数人都认识受精神疾病折磨的人。

  20. One or more joints can be afflicted with the condition .

    一个或多个关节可患的条件。

  21. Your whole head is injured , your whole heart afflicted .

    你们已经满头疼痛,全心发昏。

  22. He feel much afflicted at ( by ) the news .

    这个消息使他深感苦恼。

  23. Increasing food prices are not the only problem afflicting the poor .

    粮食价格暴涨并不是折磨穷人的唯一问题。

  24. Most people who get liver cancer are afflicted with the hepatitis B virus .

    大多数肝癌患者都是乙肝病毒造成的。

  25. Every effort shall be made by the international community to help states so afflicted .

    国际社会应尽一切努力帮助受害的国家。

  26. They are afflicted , the times and the mind of man .

    时代和人的心都有毛病。

  27. Fear might actually then force the departure of the afflicted country .

    接下来,恐慌情绪实际上可能还会迫使这个受影响的国家脱离欧元区。

  28. She is greatly afflicted by the loss of her child .

    失去孩子使她很苦恼。

  29. MANY countries have been afflicted by a " resource curse " .

    很多国家都曾因“资源诅咒”饱受折磨。

  30. I believed ; therefore I said , 'I am greatly afflicted . '

    我因信,所以如此说话。我受了极大的困苦。

plague afflict inflict 【导航词义:使受痛苦】
plague v. 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。

afflict v. 〈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?

inflict v. 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。