af·flict
verb/əˈflɪkt/
/əˈflɪkt/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they afflict | /əˈflɪkt/ /əˈflɪkt/ |
| he / she / it afflicts | /əˈflɪkts/ /əˈflɪkts/ |
| past simple afflicted | /əˈflɪktɪd/ /əˈflɪktɪd/ |
| past participle afflicted | /əˈflɪktɪd/ /əˈflɪktɪd/ |
| -ing form afflicting | /əˈflɪktɪŋ/ /əˈflɪktɪŋ/ |
- to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way
困扰；威胁 - afflict somebody/something Severe drought has afflicted the region.
这一地区遭受严重干旱。 - the many problems that afflict our society
困扰我们社会的许多问题 - Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.
将向受灾地区提供援助。 - be afflicted with something About 40 per cent of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.
全国约 40% 的人口患有这种疾病。 - Our city has been afflicted with a high crime rate for decades.
几十年来，我们的城市一直受到高犯罪率的困扰。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- severely
- be afflicted with
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘deject, humiliate’): from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass’, or from afflict- ‘knocked down, weakened’: both from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’. - afflict somebody/something Severe drought has afflicted the region.