afflict的经典引文有哪些

1. vt. 使受痛苦,折磨 cause to suffer in the body or mind

1.折磨;使痛苦
If youare afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.

e.g. Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades...
几十年来意大利一直饱受政治之苦。
e.g. There are two main problems whichafflict people with hearing impairments...
听力有障碍的人们主要受到两大问题的困扰。

• afflict mankind困扰人类
• afflict the Third World countries困扰第三世界的国家

• bitterly afflict备受煎熬
• grievously afflict备受困扰
• sorely afflict痛苦地折磨

• 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
• 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

• Reassembling our afflicted Powers.

  出自：Milton

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。