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afflict vt.使苦恼；折磨 (1) 我不想使你为我的困难而苦恼。(2) 他患了癌症。(3) 爱滋病和癌症是折磨人类的疾病.(4) 不会折磨得我们超过了承受能力的。 We get afflict from the Latin word affligere, meaning “to strike down,” which is an old fashioned way of saying to get sick, or to have a condition of some kind. You could argue that chronic indecision was the main problem to afflict Hamlet, or that saying "um," "like," and "you know" are speech tics that afflict teens.

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英 [ə'flɪkt] 美 [ə'flɪkt] (1) I don't want to afflict you with my troubles.(2) He was afflicted with cancer.(3) AIDS and cancer are maladies that afflict humanity.(4) He will not afflict us beyond our power of endurance. To afflict is to cause suffering, pain, or misery. It’s often associated with medical conditions. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is most likely to afflict someone who spends many hours every day typing on our computers. 1[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.   [be V-ed by/with n]  [V n]  [V-ed]  [the N]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	afflict
英美音标	英 [ə'flɪkt] 美 [ə'flɪkt]
中文释义	vt.使苦恼；折磨
英语例句	(1) I don't want to afflict you with my troubles. (2) He was afflicted with cancer. (3) AIDS and cancer are maladies that afflict humanity. (4) He will not afflict us beyond our power of endurance.
中文例句	(1) 我不想使你为我的困难而苦恼。 (2) 他患了癌症。 (3) 爱滋病和癌症是折磨人类的疾病. (4) 不会折磨得我们超过了承受能力的。
vocabulary简明	To afflict is to cause suffering, pain, or misery. It’s often associated with medical conditions. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is most likely to afflict someone who spends many hours every day typing on our computers.
vocabulary扩展	We get afflict from the Latin word affligere, meaning “to strike down,” which is an old fashioned way of saying to get sick, or to have a condition of some kind. You could argue that chronic indecision was the main problem to afflict Hamlet, or that saying "um," "like," and "you know" are speech tics that afflict teens.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [be V-ed by/with n] [V n] [V-ed] [the N] [FORMAL 正式] 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。

Afflict Afflicted N Ed Pain Main People 英