首页英语词典afflictafflict英英释意

afflict

英[ə'flɪkt] 美[ə'flɪkt]
  • vt. 折磨;使痛苦;使苦恼

英英释意


1. cause great unhappiness for; distress;
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
2. cause pain or suffering in;
"afflict with the plague"
"That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
3. cause bodily suffering to