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。
• MANY countries have been afflicted by a "resource curse".
  很多国家都曾因“资源诅咒”饱受折磨。
• Those afflicted with the disease are often unaware of it in the early stages.
  这种病初起时，患者每不自觉。
• Her mother was afflicted with eye disease.
  她妈妈患了眼病。
• Those afflicted with Alzheimer's suffer from memory loss, impaired decision-making, and diminished language and movement skills.
  老年痴呆症的患者遭受着记忆丧失，决策能力受损和言语和行动技能减退的痛苦。
• Why? I would go to meet the people there who have been afflicted by famine and devastation.
  为什么？我要去探望受饥饿和劫掠困扰的伊拉克人民。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Both of them were afflicted with a rare genetic disease, which struck in their thirties
  他们两个都得了一种罕见的遗传病，这种病在他们30多岁时发作。