afflictions

英 [əˈflɪkʃ(ə)nz]

美 [əˈflɪkʃənz]

n.  折磨; 痛苦
affliction的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 病痛；苦恼；折磨
  Anafflictionis something which causes physical or mental suffering.
  1. Hay fever is an affliction which arrives at an early age.
     枯草热是年纪较小时会患的一种病。
  2. ...the afflictions of modern society.
     现代社会的烦恼

双语例句

• They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God.
  恩典受得最多的人，也是受苦受得最多的人。
• I inherit all of my mother's afflictions like arthritics and puffy belly, she passes them on to me.
  我继承了我母亲的所有不幸如关节炎和大肚腩，她把这些东西都给了我。
• Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.
  营养不良的穷苦人共同苦恼之一。
• They suffer fewer of the usual afflictions.
  他们较少为一般的苦恼事所困扰。
• Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
  但知道圣灵在各城里向我指证、说、有捆锁与患难等待我。
• He hath proved his mercy, most of all, in my afflictions.
  他已经在我所受的折磨中，最充分地证明了他的仁慈。
• They can be terrible afflictions, of course, but they don't scare me.
  他们症状很严重，但吓不到我。
• During his absence rumours have spread that he is suffering from afflictions such as gout or diabetes, and there has even been talk that he may have been deposed in a military coup.
  在金正恩隐匿期间，有传闻称他患上了痛风或糖尿病，甚至还有说法称他可能已在一场军事政变中被废黜。
• There are even those who claim that extraordinary afflictions are not the punishment for extraordinary sins but the trial of extraordinary graces bestowed on a favoured few.
  甚至还有人认为，异常的苦难并不是对那些犯下滔天大罪的人的惩罚，而是上天给他所宠爱的少数人的一种恩赐，是对他们的考验。
• Scientists are only beginning to understand these afflictions.
  科学家不过是刚刚开始了解这些相关症状。