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

• But few corporate crises are as ugly and strange as the one afflicting Olympus Corp.
  不过很少有哪家陷入危机的公司会难看到奥林巴斯的地步，或是情形蹊跷到它的地步。
• Just as the algae problem appears to be worsening, Xinhua news agency said this week pest-killers were trying to prevent a plague of locusts in Inner Mongolia from descending on Beijing-adding to the sense of near-biblical woes afflicting China.
  就在绿藻问题似乎正在恶化之际，新华社报道称，害虫防治人员上周正试图防止内蒙古出现的蝗虫灾害侵袭北京。这条消息使正在困扰中国的、近乎圣经故事般的灾祸感更加强烈。
• 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。
• Uncontrolled acceleration is a euphemism for the disturbing problem jammed accelerator pedals at risk of afflicting millions of Toyota cars and trucks that the company has recalled in recent months.
  丰田公司（Toyota）最近几个月召回了数百万辆轿车和卡车，它们都可能存在一个令人不安的问题油门踏板被卡，加速失控只是这个问题的委婉说法。
• Increasing food prices are not the only problem afflicting the poor.
  粮食价格暴涨并不是折磨穷人的唯一问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• This stands in contrast with the many redundancies afflicting the local operations of investment banks, hedge funds and private equity firms.
  这与投资银行、对冲基金和私人股本公司在华业务的裁员活动形成对比。
• While the probability of such a calamity afflicting the US may be small, it is not zero.
  尽管美国遭遇这种灾难的可能性很小，但并非完全不可能。
• MANY Japanese businessmen will tell you that the biggest problem afflicting their country is lack of political leadership.
  日本很多商界人士会跟你说，困扰日本的最大问题就是缺乏政治领导力。