afflicting

英 [əˈflɪktɪŋ]

美 [əˈflɪktɪŋ]

v.  折磨; 使痛苦
afflict的现在分词

IELTS

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

• Shares in new-economy sectors have attracted the greatest speculative interest, whereas the broader economic slowdown is afflicting its older industries.
  新兴产业领域的股票吸引的投机兴趣最大，而宏观经济放缓影响的是较为传统的行业。
• Yet the idiosyncrasies of the eurozone should not distract us from the general nature of the fiscal crisis that is now afflicting most Western economies.
  不过，这场财政危机正折磨着多数西方经济体，欧元区的特性不应使我们忽视其一般性。
• Environmental pollution is afflicting many cities and towns all over the world.
  环境污染正在危害着全世界的许多城市。
• Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common, severe, and disabling conditions affecting Americans.
  这些疾病跨越了整个医疗系统，困扰着各个年龄和种族的人们，而且包括了多种在美国人中常见、严重的致残性疾病。
• But pre-race nerves this year are afflicting the sport as a whole as much as the drivers themselves.
  但今年，赛前紧张不仅折磨着车手，同样也折磨着整项赛事。
• Worrying about whether they are at the right party is, however, only a subset of the wider concern afflicting Davos Man and Woman.
  不过，担心自己是否来对了派对，只是萦绕在达沃斯男男女女心头的忧虑的一部分。
• It looks more like a systemic problem afflicting a broad swath of the industry.
  看样子，这是个大面积困扰银行业的系统性问题。
• Hopes for a eurozone recovery suffered a blow yesterday as the recession afflicting the 17-nation bloc became the longest since the single currency was born at the turn of the century.
  欧元区复苏的希望昨日遭受打击。昨日发布的经济数据意味着，有17个成员国的欧元区经历衰退的时间，已创下自世纪之交欧元诞生以来的最长纪录。
• Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.
  暴力犯罪仅仅是危害社会的弊病之一。
• I would then fear a drastic drop in stock market turnover, further fuelling the liquidity problems afflicting the global economy.
  那样的话，我担心股市成交量会急剧下降，进一步加剧影响全球经济的流动性问题。