afflict
/ә'flikt/
📖 中文释义
- vt. 使苦恼, 折磨
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
So, can Lebanon escape the curse of the “devil’s excrement” that has afflicted many of its Middle Eastern neighbors?
那么,黎巴嫩能否打破困扰其诸多中东邻国的“魔鬼粪便”的诅咒?
Even reputable fact-checkers disagree on the origin of the famous admonition to journalists: “Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable!” (They even disagree on whether it was first directed at preachers or at newsmen).
就连享有盛誉的事实审核员也无法就“给苦难者以慰藉、给舒适者以折磨 ! ” 这条知名记者箴言的起源达成一致。 (他们甚至无法确定这句话最早是用来形容牧师还是新闻记者 ) 。 但无论如何,新闻行业的客户并不总是正确的。
In the United States, rare diseases are defined as those that affect fewer than 200,000 people. But there are more than 6,800 of these conditions, and worldwide they afflict hundreds of millions of people.
斯坦福—罕见病往往被忽视,原因嘛,好吧,就是因为它们罕见。 但是,从总量看,它们影响着为数巨大的人们。 在美国,罕见病被定义为影响不到200,000人的疾病。 但罕见病症有6,800多种,而从世界范围看,它们折磨着数以亿计的人。 然而对这些疾病只有大约250种治疗方法可用。
🔵 同义词
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- v. cause great unhappiness for; distress
- v. cause physical pain or suffering in