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

• Just as the algae problem appears to be worsening, Xinhua news agency said this week pest-killers were trying to prevent a plague of locusts in Inner Mongolia from descending on Beijing-adding to the sense of near-biblical woes afflicting China.
  就在绿藻问题似乎正在恶化之际，新华社报道称，害虫防治人员上周正试图防止内蒙古出现的蝗虫灾害侵袭北京。这条消息使正在困扰中国的、近乎圣经故事般的灾祸感更加强烈。
• Spanning the full spectrum of medicine and afflicting people of all ages and ethnic groups, these diseases encompass some of the most common, severe, and disabling conditions affecting Americans.
  这些疾病跨越了整个医疗系统，困扰着各个年龄和种族的人们，而且包括了多种在美国人中常见、严重的致残性疾病。
• But pre-race nerves this year are afflicting the sport as a whole as much as the drivers themselves.
  但今年，赛前紧张不仅折磨着车手，同样也折磨着整项赛事。
• Shares in new-economy sectors have attracted the greatest speculative interest, whereas the broader economic slowdown is afflicting its older industries.
  新兴产业领域的股票吸引的投机兴趣最大，而宏观经济放缓影响的是较为传统的行业。
• 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。
• A fatal cancer is afflicting her.
  致命癌症在折磨着她。
• Yet the idiosyncrasies of the eurozone should not distract us from the general nature of the fiscal crisis that is now afflicting most Western economies.
  不过，这场财政危机正折磨着多数西方经济体，欧元区的特性不应使我们忽视其一般性。
• In many accounts, the BBC's current agonies are integrated with the pervasive apprehension afflicting the TV industry.
  在很大程度上，BBC眼下的麻烦是与困扰电视业的普遍担忧相伴随的问题。
• 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。
• MANY Japanese businessmen will tell you that the biggest problem afflicting their country is lack of political leadership.
  日本很多商界人士会跟你说，困扰日本的最大问题就是缺乏政治领导力。