afflicted

英 [əˈflɪktɪd]

美 [əˈflɪktɪd]

v.  折磨; 使痛苦
afflict的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：afflicted　过去式：afflicted　

BNC.20736 / COCA.19621

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。

英英释义

adj

• mentally or physically unfit
  Synonym:impaired
• grievously affected especially by disease
  Synonym:stricken

双语例句

• Most of us know people afflicted by mental illness.
  我们中绝大多数人都认识受精神疾病折磨的人。
• I had a friend once who was truly afflicted with misfortune.
  我曾经有这么一位朋友，她的确遭遇了不幸。
• She's doing brilliantly in her career, but her personal life is an afflicted area.
  她在事业上颇有成就，但她的个人生活却是个灾区。
• He is not afflicted with any loathsome, dangerous or contagious disease;
  他没有染上了任何令人作呕，危险或传染性的疾病；
• Fomenting the afflicted part can relieve the sciatica, arthritis and fatigue and aches of muscles.
  ④热垫患处可缓解坐骨神经痛、关节炎和肌肉疲劳酸痛。
• There was no change in her face, but swithin's pale eyes bulged as though he might suddenly have been afflicted with insight.
  她的面色一点不改，可是斯悦辛人的淡黄眼睛瞪了起来，就好像突然触见了什么事情而痛苦似的。
• MANY countries have been afflicted by a "resource curse".
  很多国家都曾因“资源诅咒”饱受折磨。
• But he had passion and energy and a palpable desire to comfort the afflicted.
  但他有热情、能量和一种强烈的愿望安抚受苦难的人。
• He put on a look of ineffable distress and said that he was aware how God had afflicted her.
  他摆出一副说不出多么伤感的神色说，他知道上帝怎样折磨了她。
• People severely afflicted by psoriasis have a significantly increased risk of dying from heart disease, new research shows.
  近日，瑞典公布的一项最新研究结果显示，那些饱受折磨的牛皮癣患者死于心脏病的可能性要比其他人高很多。