afflict
afflict 英 [əˈflɪkt] 美 [əˈflɪkt]
vt. 折磨；使痛苦
进行时:afflicting 过去式:afflicted 过去分词:afflicted 第三人称单数:afflicts 名词复数:afflicts
- To afflict is to cause suffering, pain, or misery. It’s often associated with medical conditions. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is most likely to afflict someone who spends many hours every day typing on our computers.
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- vt. 折磨；使痛苦
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1. Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.
将向受灾地区提供援助。
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2. 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。
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3. Famine and war still afflict mankind.
饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦.
- afflict (v.) late 14c., "to cast down" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare "to damage, harass, torment," frequentative of affligere (past participle afflictus) "to dash down, overthrow," from ad "to" (see ad-) + fligere (past participle flictus) "to strike," from PIE root *bhlig- "to strike" (source also of Greek phlibein "to press, crush," Czech blizna "scar," Welsh blif "catapult").
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