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

• A fatal cancer is afflicting her.
  致命癌症在折磨着她。
• 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 is perhaps the single most effective treatment for Raynaud's disease, a condition mainly afflicting women.
  也可能是治疗雷诺氏病最有效的方法；这种病主要发生在妇女身上。
• But the increasingly acute personnel bottlenecks afflicting the Obama administration are likely to continue for weeks if not months.
  但困扰奥巴马（obama）政府、日益严峻的人事瓶颈问题，可能会持续数周如果不是数月的话。
• If Mr Greenspan had been more interested in regulatory matters during his tenure at the head of the Fed, many of the current problems afflicting the US banking system and mortgage borrowers might have been avoided or at least mitigated.
  如果格林斯潘在担任美联储主席期间，对监管事宜给予更多的关注，那么许多当前困扰着美国银行业体系和抵押贷款借款人的问题或许就可以避免，或至少会有所减轻。
• Such an approach would not only ease transport congestion but also benefit the Chinese economy overall and limit the air pollution afflicting much of china.
  这样的方法不仅能减轻交通堵塞，也能让中国经济整体受益，限制影响中国大部分地区的空气污染问题。
• Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common, severe, and disabling conditions affecting Americans.
  这些疾病跨越了整个医疗系统，困扰着各个年龄和种族的人们，而且包括了多种在美国人中常见、严重的致残性疾病。
• There are three crises afflicting Europe.
  目前有三场危机困扰着欧洲。
• Worrying about whether they are at the right party is, however, only a subset of the wider concern afflicting Davos Man and Woman.
  不过，担心自己是否来对了派对，只是萦绕在达沃斯男男女女心头的忧虑的一部分。