afflicts

英 [əˈflɪkts]

美 [əˈflɪkts]

v.  折磨; 使痛苦
afflict的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 折磨;使痛苦
  If youare afflicted bypain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. The afflictedare people who are afflicted.
     受苦的人
  5. It is food that the afflicted want now.
     受苦的人们现在需要的是食物。

双语例句

• Multiple myeloma is a cancer of white blood cells that attacks and destroys bone and which more commonly afflicts people in their mid-60s.
  多发性骨髓癌是一种白血细胞袭击和破坏骨骼的癌症，这个普遍困扰60多岁的人群。
• The drought of capital afflicts the entire industry, from infrastructure, such as irrigation, to grain and animal protein production, to support services such as transport, storage and processing.
  资本匮乏困扰着整个粮食产业，从灌溉等基础设施，到谷物与动物蛋白质生产，再到运输、加工与存储等支持性服务。
• This problem afflicts not just every era, but in some degree every field.
  这个问题不仅折磨着每个时代，而且某种程度上折磨着每个领域。
• Micronutrient malnutrition now afflicts over 40% of the world's population and is increasing especially in many developing nations.
  世界上超过40%的人们在受到微量营养不良的折磨，特别是在许多发展中国家，这个百分比还在增加。
• In the overlap between science and religion it is necessary to "move the debate to a higher plane, away from the childish slanging match that afflicts this whole subject", says Dr Davies.
  在科学和宗教的重叠部份中，有需要“将辩论转移至一个更高的平面，离开那些折磨整个主题的幼稚的谩骂战，”Davies博士说。
• As more and more Chinese are sucked into the urban workforce, China has the opportunity to turn them into purchasers of its own products, weaning its economy off the export-dependency that still afflicts Japan.
  随着越来越多的民众融入城市劳动大军，中国将有机会把他们转化为本国产品的购买者，从而摆脱至今仍困扰着日本的出口依赖症。
• Travelling to Bangalore in the spring, I encountered the schizophrenia that now afflicts every observer of India.
  今年春天去班加罗尔时，我遭遇到了折磨着每一位印度观察家的矛盾。
• This humble vegetable may help fight osteoporosis, which afflicts many women late in life.
  骨质疏松是很多老年妇女的烦恼，而这个并不起眼的蔬菜可以帮助抵抗这种疾病。
• Allow your dreams also to begin to self heal of whatever afflicts you at this time.
  允许你的梦想也开始自我疗愈任何当前正在折磨你的事物。
• There is something else, too. The rankings exacerbate the status anxiety that afflicts so many high school students.
  除此之外，这些排名还加剧了许多高中生对院校排名的焦虑。