infliction
infliction 英 [ɪn'flɪkʃ(ə)n] 美
n. 施加；处罚，刑罚
名词复数:inflictions
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- n. 施加；处罚，刑罚
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1. It wasthe intentional and systematic infliction of great suffering masquerading as alegal process.
这种有计划，有系统，对囚犯会造成巨大痛苦的刑罚竟然被乔装成合法的过程。
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2. And when I have, I have felt much pain in the ‘infliction’, but the results in my children’s lives speaks for themselves.
当我这么做的时候，虽然我在“惩罚”过程中感受到了更多的痛苦，但是孩子们从中证明了他们自己。
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3. War is (or should be) a matter of national survival, of accepting casualties and the infliction of suffering to avoid annihilation.
战争是（或应该是）国家生存的问题，是为了避免灭亡施加的痛苦。
- infliction (n.) 1530s, "act of inflicting;" 1580s, "that which is inflicted," from Middle French infliction (15c.), or directly from Late Latin inflictionem (nominative inflictio) "an inflicting, a striking against," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin infligere "to strike or dash against" (see inflict).
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