afflicts

[əˈflikts]
  • 释义
  • n.

    使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的名词复数 );

  • v.

    使受痛苦，折磨( afflict的第三人称单数 );

  • 词义辨析
  • afflict, inflict
  • inflict的意思是“使蒙受(损失、灾难),伤害,坏人受到应有的惩罚、报应”; 而afflict的意思是“某人不幸染上疾病”或“精神上遭受打击”,其过去分词常和介词with连用。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    Add it to your arsenal against gallbladder disease, which afflicts twice as many women as men.

    将热带水果番木瓜添加到你的饮食中,可用来抵抗胆囊疾病.

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  • 2、

    The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

    艺术家的气质是一种折磨着业余爱好者的疾病.

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  • 3、

    Famine still afflicts children of third - world countries.

    饥荒仍然折磨着第三世界的孩子.

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  • 4、

    Collard Greens . This humble vegetable may help fight osteoporosis, which afflicts many women late in life.

    这种不起眼的蔬菜可有助于预防骨质疏松, 而许多妇女在老年深受骨质疏松之苦.

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  • 5、

    The assumption that such violence afflicts only the poor or deserving is both fatuous and misguided.

    认为家庭暴力只会发生在穷人中的看法是愚昧和错误的.

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  • 6、

    Yet artificial life suffers from the same malaise that afflicts its cousin, artificial intelligence.

    然而,人工生命跟它的表亲人工智能有着同样的弊病.

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