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

• 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。
• A fatal cancer is afflicting her.
  致命癌症在折磨着她。
• There are three crises afflicting Europe.
  目前有三场危机困扰着欧洲。
• MANY Japanese businessmen will tell you that the biggest problem afflicting their country is lack of political leadership.
  日本很多商界人士会跟你说，困扰日本的最大问题就是缺乏政治领导力。
• Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.
  暴力犯罪仅仅是危害社会的弊病之一。
• Hopes for a eurozone recovery suffered a blow yesterday as the recession afflicting the 17-nation bloc became the longest since the single currency was born at the turn of the century.
  欧元区复苏的希望昨日遭受打击。昨日发布的经济数据意味着，有17个成员国的欧元区经历衰退的时间，已创下自世纪之交欧元诞生以来的最长纪录。
• But pre-race nerves this year are afflicting the sport as a whole as much as the drivers themselves.
  但今年，赛前紧张不仅折磨着车手，同样也折磨着整项赛事。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。