afflicting

英 [əˈflɪktɪŋ]

美 [əˈflɪktɪŋ]

v.  折磨; 使痛苦
afflict的现在分词

IELTS

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。

双语例句

• It looks more like a systemic problem afflicting a broad swath of the industry.
  看样子，这是个大面积困扰银行业的系统性问题。
• But few corporate crises are as ugly and strange as the one afflicting Olympus Corp.
  不过很少有哪家陷入危机的公司会难看到奥林巴斯的地步，或是情形蹊跷到它的地步。
• If Mr Greenspan had been more interested in regulatory matters during his tenure at the head of the Fed, many of the current problems afflicting the US banking system and mortgage borrowers might have been avoided or at least mitigated.
  如果格林斯潘在担任美联储主席期间，对监管事宜给予更多的关注，那么许多当前困扰着美国银行业体系和抵押贷款借款人的问题或许就可以避免，或至少会有所减轻。
• Increasing food prices are not the only problem afflicting the poor.
  粮食价格暴涨并不是折磨穷人的唯一问题。
• It is perhaps the single most effective treatment for Raynaud's disease, a condition mainly afflicting women.
  也可能是治疗雷诺氏病最有效的方法；这种病主要发生在妇女身上。
• Such an approach would not only ease transport congestion but also benefit the Chinese economy overall and limit the air pollution afflicting much of china.
  这样的方法不仅能减轻交通堵塞，也能让中国经济整体受益，限制影响中国大部分地区的空气污染问题。
• Environmental pollution is afflicting many cities and towns all over the world.
  环境污染正在危害着全世界的许多城市。
• When these individuals were moved to another field the number of flies afflicting the herd increased.
  当这些释放不同化学信号的牛被转移到其它地方时，整个牛群中蚊蝇的数量马上又会增多起来。
• Now a similar kind of long, slow decline may be afflicting printer industry.
  现在，一场性质类似、旷日持久的衰退正在向打印机行业袭来。
• Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society.
  暴力犯罪仅仅是危害社会的弊病之一。