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

• This stands in contrast with the many redundancies afflicting the local operations of investment banks, hedge funds and private equity firms.
  这与投资银行、对冲基金和私人股本公司在华业务的裁员活动形成对比。
• 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。
• And China's heavy reliance on exports and foreign investment ensures that the uncertainties now afflicting the global economy are haunting the Chinese as well.
  此外，由于中国经济高度依赖出口和外国投资，这就使得如今全球经济的不确定性也在对中国人造成不利影响。
• 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。
• There are three crises afflicting Europe.
  目前有三场危机困扰着欧洲。
• 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。
• Hopes for a eurozone recovery suffered a blow yesterday as the recession afflicting the 17-nation bloc became the longest since the single currency was born at the turn of the century.
  欧元区复苏的希望昨日遭受打击。昨日发布的经济数据意味着，有17个成员国的欧元区经历衰退的时间，已创下自世纪之交欧元诞生以来的最长纪录。
• 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。
• I would then fear a drastic drop in stock market turnover, further fuelling the liquidity problems afflicting the global economy.
  那样的话，我担心股市成交量会急剧下降，进一步加剧影响全球经济的流动性问题。
• While the probability of such a calamity afflicting the US may be small, it is not zero.
  尽管美国遭遇这种灾难的可能性很小，但并非完全不可能。