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

• He put on a look of ineffable distress and said that he was aware how God had afflicted her.
  他摆出一副说不出多么伤感的神色说，他知道上帝怎样折磨了她。
• She's doing brilliantly in her career, but her personal life is an afflicted area.
  她在事业上颇有成就，但她的个人生活却是个灾区。
• He is not afflicted with any loathsome, dangerous or contagious disease;
  他没有染上了任何令人作呕，危险或传染性的疾病；
• 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。
• 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。
• Her mother was afflicted with eye disease.
  她妈妈患了眼病。
• 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。
• If we can develop the reagent box, we can monitor the surrounding environment as well as those afflicted.
  如果我们可以发明这种试剂盒，我们就可以控制周围的环境和那些痛苦的疾病。
• 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。
• MANY countries have been afflicted by a "resource curse".
  很多国家都曾因“资源诅咒”饱受折磨。