afflict
vt. 使苦恼；折磨
形容词：afflictive 副词：afflictively 名词：afflicter 过去式：afflicted 过去分词：afflicted 现在分词：afflicting 第三人称单数：afflicts
近义词：adversity，pain，comfort，relieve，
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vt. 使受痛苦,折磨 cause to suffer in the body or mind
英英释义
Verb
- cause great unhappiness for; distress;
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
- cause physical pain or suffering in;
"afflict with the plague"
组词搭配
～+名词
- afflict mankind困扰人类
- afflict the Third World countries困扰第三世界的国家
副词+～
- bitterly afflict备受煎熬
- grievously afflict备受困扰
- sorely afflict痛苦地折磨
～+介词
- be afflicted at sb's failure为某人失败而难过
- be afflicted at seeing it看见它而感到心痛
- be afflicted by persecution受迫害
- be afflicted by the sad news为这个不幸消息感到难过
- be afflicted with为…所折磨，苦于…
- be afflicted with a conscience受良心的责备
- be afflicted with anxiety on the subject of seeking employment因急于寻找职业而苦恼
- be afflicted with bad eyesight苦于视力欠佳
- be afflicted with rheumatism患风湿病
- be afflicted with skin cancer受皮肤癌的折磨
- be afflicted with suffering很痛苦
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
- I don't want to afflict you with my troubles.我不想使你为我的困难而苦恼。
- He was afflicted with cancer.他患了癌症。
- AIDS and cancer are maladies that afflict humanity.爱滋病和癌症是折磨人类的疾病.
- He will not afflict us beyond our power of endurance.不会折磨得我们超过了承受能力的。
词语用法
v.(动词)
- afflict的基本意思是“使(某人)遭受不可忍受的痛苦”,尤指因无力、发怒、过度烦恼等产生的痛苦或疼痛; 是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语; 常跟介词with连用,常用于be ～ed结构。