afflict
英 [?'fl?kt]
美[?'fl?kt]
- vt. 折磨；使痛苦；使苦惱
擴(kuò)展詞匯低頻詞TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8CET6
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?afflicts;過(guò)去式:?afflicted;過(guò)去分詞:?afflicted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?afflicting;
中文詞源
afflict 打擊
前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。詞根flict, 擊打，見(jiàn)conflict, 沖突。
affluent 富裕的
前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。詞根flu, 流動(dòng)，流出。
英文詞源
- afflict
- afflict: [14] When it originally entered English, afflict meant ‘overthrow’, reflecting its origins in Latin afflīgere ‘throw down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and flīgere ‘strike’. English afflict comes either from the Latin past participle afflictus, from a new Latin verb formed from this, afflictāre, or perhaps from the now obsolete English adjective afflict, which was borrowed from Old French aflit and refashioned on the Latin model. The meaning ‘torment, distress’ developed in the early 16th century.
- afflict (v.)
- late 14c., "to cast down," from Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare "to damage, harass, torment," frequentative of affligere (past participle afflictus) "to dash down, overthrow," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fligere (past participle flictus) "to strike," from PIE root *bhlig- "to strike" (cognates: Greek phlibein "to press, crush," Czech blizna "scar," Welsh blif "catapult"). Transferred meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1530s. Related: Afflicted; afflicting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.
- 聽(tīng)力有障礙的人們主要受到兩大問(wèn)題的困擾。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty.
- 他們可以給你權(quán)力 、 榮譽(yù)和財(cái)富,但卻用奴役 、 恥辱和貧窮來(lái)折磨你.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Famine and war still afflict mankind.
- 饑餓和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)仍使人類(lèi)遭受痛苦.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. I wish you wouldn't afflict me with your constant complains.
- 我希望你不要總是抱怨而使我苦惱.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. The same problem will surely afflict any future purchases in fashion.
- 同樣的問(wèn)題肯定還會(huì)在未來(lái)時(shí)尚業(yè)的收購(gòu)案中引起陣痛.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)