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afflict

美音:[əf´lıkt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.使痛苦,折磨

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afflict为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

形容词:afflictive 名词:afflicter 动词过去式:afflicted 过去分词:afflicted 现在分词:afflicting 第三人称单数:afflicts 副词:afflic-tively

词根

ad-=to,at,for 表示方向、变化、完成、附加、增加、开始,或只表加强的重要字首 变化型 ab-,ac-,af-,ag-,al-,an-,ap-,ar-,as-,at-

相关词

agitate  bother  disturb  perturb  trouble  comfort  console  relieve  solace    

afflict


/ə'flɪkt; ə`flɪkt/
v [usu passive 通常用于被动语态
*Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (with sth) cause trouble, pain or distress to sb/sth 使某人[某物]苦恼, 疼痛或悲痛
*She is afflicted with (ie suffers from) arthritis. 她患关节炎.
* Severe drought has afflicted the countryside. 严重的乾旱使乡村深受其害.

afflict


v [T often passive]formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of affligere 'to throw down', from ad- 'to' + fligere 'to hit']
to affect someone or something in an unpleasant way, and make them suffer
afflict with/by
 a country afflicted by famine
1. He may never be sure where the next meal is coming from, but he is free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people.
    他可能从不知道下顿饭有无着落,但他不像有人那样被千万桩愁事所折磨。

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