afflict是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The nightmare afflicts me from time to time.

那场噩梦不时折磨着我。

(2)He wailed because he had never been afflicted as much as today.

他嚎啕大哭，因为他从未像今天这样饱经痛苦折磨。

(3)I wish you wouldn't afflict your children with your failed marriage.

希望你不要因婚姻失败而折磨孩子。

(4)Famine and war still afflict mankind.

饥饿和战争仍折磨着人类

(5)There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.

有两大问题困扰有听觉障碍的人。

(6)ECONOMIC woes afflict many at the moment.

经济灾难此刻折磨着许多人。

(7)I don't want to afflict you with my troubles.

我不想使你为我的困难而苦恼。

(8)There are many illnesses which afflict old people。

老人受到许多病痛的折磨。

(9)Why do migraines disproportionately afflict women?

为何女性忍受偏头痛折磨的比例如此之大？

同义词

vt. 折磨；使痛苦；使苦恼

词根词缀

同前缀词 af- 朝, 向, 去

(1)affirm v. 肯定；断言；声明；给予…情感支持；支持；批准；宣称拥护；为…辩护；接受；认可

(2)affluent adj. 有钱的；富裕的；畅流；滔滔流动

(3)affect v. 影响；对…有影响；对…起作用；假装；感动；打动；侵袭；感染；做作地使用；故作姿态地模仿

(4)affluence n. 富裕；丰富；流入；集流；汇聚

(5)affable adj. 友好的；性情温和的；和蔼可亲的

同根词 flict 打击

(1)inflict v. 使遭受；将（不受欢迎的事物）强加于

(2)conflict n. 意见不一；争论；武装冲突；抵触；武装斗争；战争；冲突；矛盾

同根词

词根 afflict

(1)afflictive adj. 难受的；苦恼的；给人痛苦的

(2)affliction n. 苦难；苦恼；折磨

释义

v.

(of a problem or illness)cause pain or suffering to; affect; trouble

（问题，疾病）使痛苦，折磨；影响；困扰

his younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

他较小的孩子受着皮肤病的折磨

serious ills afflict the industry

严重的困难困扰着工业

[as plural noun the afflicted]he comforted the afflicted.

他安慰备受苦恼的人们。

Astrology (of a celestial body) be in a stressful aspect with (another celestial body or a point on the ecliptic)

【占星】 （天体）相对于（另一天体或黄道上某点）处于应力星位

Jupiter is afflicted by Mars in opposition.

木星相对于火星处在相反方向的应力星位。

词源

"late Middle English （in the sense ‘deject, humiliate’）： from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass'， or from afflict- ‘knocked down, weakened'： both from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to'＋ fligere ‘ to strike, dash’．"