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

• Yet artificial life suffers from the same malaise that afflicts its cousin, artificial intelligence.
  但是人工生命却跟它的表亲人工智能有着同样的难言之隐。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The same languid claim from both inside and appearance China that afflicts airlines has hit industries such as steel, mining, real estate and fabrication.
  中国国内外需求疲软的状况不仅冲击了航空业，钢铁、矿业、地产及制造业等行业一样未能幸免。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 are many incentives of Migraine. It afflicts patients and affects their quality of life and work strongly.
  其诱发因素很多，头痛发作时，患者痛苦不堪，严重影响了人们的生活质量和工作效率。
• Arthritis afflicts people of all ages, even children, when it is called juvenile arthritis.
  关节炎折磨着各种年龄的人，甚至儿童，当它被称为少年关节炎。