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

• Fomenting the afflicted part can relieve the sciatica, arthritis and fatigue and aches of muscles.
  ④热垫患处可缓解坐骨神经痛、关节炎和肌肉疲劳酸痛。
• There was no change in her face, but swithin's pale eyes bulged as though he might suddenly have been afflicted with insight.
  她的面色一点不改，可是斯悦辛人的淡黄眼睛瞪了起来，就好像突然触见了什么事情而痛苦似的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But he had passion and energy and a palpable desire to comfort the afflicted.
  但他有热情、能量和一种强烈的愿望安抚受苦难的人。
• All of them were afflicted with a feeling of sad helplessness.
  他们都被一种悲哀无助的感情所困扰。
• 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；
• AIDS and the elderly: More elderly afflicted with HIV.
  艾滋病与老人：越来越多的老年人遭受艾滋病毒折磨。