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

• This afflicted German intelligence with two fatal flaws: inefficiency, and subjugation to a madman.
  这给德国情报工作造成了两个致命的弱点，一个是缺乏效率，另一个是让一个疯子总管情报。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• More chaos afflicted brazil's airports.
  巴西的机场出现了更大的混乱。
• People severely afflicted by psoriasis have a significantly increased risk of dying from heart disease, new research shows.
  近日，瑞典公布的一项最新研究结果显示，那些饱受折磨的牛皮癣患者死于心脏病的可能性要比其他人高很多。
• There was no change in her face, but swithin's pale eyes bulged as though he might suddenly have been afflicted with insight.
  她的面色一点不改，可是斯悦辛人的淡黄眼睛瞪了起来，就好像突然触见了什么事情而痛苦似的。
• 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。
• Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
  很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。