afflict

• vt. 折磨；使痛苦；使苦恼

前缀af-同ad-, 去，往。词根flict, 击打，见conflict, 冲突。

affluent 富裕的

前缀af-同ad-, 去，往。词根flu, 流动，流出。

1. cause great unhappiness for; distress;

"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

2. cause pain or suffering in;

"afflict with the plague"

"That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"

3. cause bodily suffering to

afflict

afflict: [14] When it originally entered English, afflict meant ‘overthrow’, reflecting its origins in Latin afflīgere ‘throw down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and flīgere ‘strike’. English afflict comes either from the Latin past participle afflictus, from a new Latin verb formed from this, afflictāre, or perhaps from the now obsolete English adjective afflict, which was borrowed from Old French aflit and refashioned on the Latin model. The meaning ‘torment, distress’ developed in the early 16th century.

afflict (v.)

late 14c., "to cast down," 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" (cognates: Greek phlibein "to press, crush," Czech blizna "scar," Welsh blif "catapult"). Transferred meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1530s. Related: Afflicted; afflicting.

Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.

将向受灾地区提供援助。

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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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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

And I will for afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

我必因所罗门所行的使大卫后裔受患难, 但不至于永远.

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New medical technology will cure more ailments that afflict humanity.

新的医学技术可以治疗更多困扰人类的疾病.

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There are many illnesses, which afflict old people.

有许多疾病困扰着老年人.

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A shower of blood shall fall, and a dire famine shall afflict mankind.

一阵血雨落下, 可怕的饥荒会折磨人类.

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And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

39我必因所罗门所行的使大卫后裔受患难, 但不至于永远.

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They crush Your people, O Lord, And afflict Your heritage.

诗94:5耶和华阿 、 他们强压你的百姓 、 苦害你的产业.

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Famine and war still afflict mankind.

饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦.

《简明英汉词典》

The biggest problems in children's medicine concern diseases that afflict the poor.

目前儿童用药所针对的疾病都是让穷国苦不堪言的疾病.

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AIDS and cancer are maladies that afflict humanity.

爱滋病和癌症是折磨人类的疾病.

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In this world, no anything can afflict me.

人间便没有什么能把我折磨.

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Though I have afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.

我的子民哪,我曾使你们受苦, 但我不再叫你们受苦了.

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You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

不可苦待寡妇或孤儿.

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KJV They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

[新译]耶和华啊!他们欺压你的子民, 苦害你的产业.

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There are many illnesses afflict old people.

老人承受很多疾病带来的痛苦.

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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.

辞典例句

The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

诗89:22仇敌必不勒索他、恶之子 、 不苦害他.

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Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

于是大利拉克制他 、 他的力气就离开他了.

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But animals are generally not susceptible to the diseases that afflict humans.

但是动物对困扰人类的疾病往往不易感染.

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The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

诗 89:22 仇敌必不勒索他、凶恶之子、也不苦害他.

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All this has combined to afflict Africa with the burden of geographic isolation.

所有这一切结合在一起使非洲饱受地理隔绝之苦.

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Mrs. johnson be afflict with her husband's failure.

强生夫人为丈夫的失败而痛苦.

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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.

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He will also afflict and weaken the Latin Church with many heresies.

他也会带着很多异教来折磨和异化拉丁教会.

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They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty.

他们可以给你权力 、 荣誉和财富,但却用奴役 、 耻辱和贫穷来折磨你.

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Argentina is experiencing a financial circumstance that may afflict all nations global wide in due course.

阿根廷正在经历一个可能会在适当时候让全球所有国家互相冲突的金融境况.

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They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

诗94:5耶和华阿 、 们强压你的百姓 、 害你的产业.

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