[VERB 动词]予以(打击);使遭受(损伤、苦痛等) To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it.
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Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...
反叛武装称他们使政府军遭受重创。
...the damage being inflicted on Britain's industries by the recession...
经济衰退使英国工业遭受的损失
The dog then attacked her, inflicting serious injuries.
然后那条狗袭击了她,把她咬成重伤。
infliction
...without the unnecessary or cruel infliction of pain.
不会施以不必要的或令人无法忍受的痛苦
Oxford
in·flict/ɪnˈflɪkt; NAmEɪnˈflɪkt/verbto make sb/sth suffer sth unpleasant 使遭受打击;使吃苦头inflictsth on/upon sb/sth ◆They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team.他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。◆Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy.敌人遭受了惨重伤亡。◆( humorous) Do you have to inflict that music on us?你非得逼我们听那种音乐吗?inflictsth ◆They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm.他们调查了暴风雨造成的损失。▶in·flic·tioninflictioninflictions/ɪnˈflɪkʃn; NAmEɪnˈflɪkʃn/noun[uncountable ]◆the infliction of pain痛苦的施加PHRASAL VERBinˈflict yourself/sb on sb( often humorous) to force sb to spend time with you/sb, when they do not want to 不请自来;打扰◆Sorry to inflict myself on you again like this!对不起,又这么打扰你了!◆She inflicted her nephew on them for the weekend.她把侄儿打发到他们那儿去度周末,真是添乱。inflictinflictsinflictedinflictingin·flict/ɪnˈflɪkt; NAmEɪnˈflɪkt/in·flic·tion/ɪnˈflɪkʃn; NAmEɪnˈflɪkʃn/
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inflictin‧flict /ɪnˈflɪkt/ ●●○ verb
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1[transitive] to make someone suffer something unpleasantinflict something on/upon somebody The strikes inflicted serious damage on the economy. Detectives warned that the men could inflict serious injury.2inflict yourself/somebody on somebody to visit or be with someone when they do not want you – used humorously: Was it really fair to her friends to inflict her nephew on them?—infliction /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/ noun [uncountable]: the deliberate infliction of pain
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inflict
[ɪnˈflɪkt]inflicted, inflicting, inflicts
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inflicted[1724] inflicting[575]
使遭受(32%),折磨(24%),加害(24%),施以(20%)
vt.造成;使遭受(损伤、痛苦等);给予(打击等)
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