[VERB 动词]折磨;使痛苦 If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
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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。
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。
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。
The afflicted are people who are afflicted.受苦的人
It is food that the afflicted want now.
受苦的人们现在需要的是食物。
Oxford
af·flict/əˈflɪkt; NAmEəˈflɪkt/verb[often passive ]( formal) to affect sb/sth in an unpleasant or harmful way 折磨;使痛苦afflictsb/sth ◆Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.将向受灾地区提供援助。be afflicted with sth◆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。afflictafflictsafflictedafflictingaf·flict/əˈflɪkt; NAmEəˈflɪkt/
to affect someone or something in an unpleasant way, and make them sufferbe afflicted with/by something a country afflicted by famineGRAMMARAfflict is often passive in this meaning.
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