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

• The "Horn of Africa" in eastern Africa has been afflicted by the worst drought in60 years.
  东非的“非洲之角”正遭受60年来最严重的旱灾。
• Most of us know people afflicted by mental illness.
  我们中绝大多数人都认识受精神疾病折磨的人。
• 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。
• Those afflicted with Alzheimer's suffer from memory loss, impaired decision-making, and diminished language and movement skills.
  老年痴呆症的患者遭受着记忆丧失，决策能力受损和言语和行动技能减退的痛苦。
• More chaos afflicted brazil's airports.
  巴西的机场出现了更大的混乱。
• Many of the children are afflicted by festering sores.
  很多孩子深受溃烂创痛的折磨。
• 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。
• Those afflicted with the disease are often unaware of it in the early stages.
  这种病初起时，患者每不自觉。
• 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。
• 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。