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

• But the increasingly acute personnel bottlenecks afflicting the Obama administration are likely to continue for weeks if not months.
  但困扰奥巴马（obama）政府、日益严峻的人事瓶颈问题，可能会持续数周如果不是数月的话。
• 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。
• 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。
• Within a few months, China will release a plan expected to address how growing cities can avoid the big city disease afflicting Beijing.
  未来数月中国料将发布一项计划，其目标预计将是解决以下问题：发展中的城市如何避免患上目前困扰北京的大城市病。
• 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。
• 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。
• A fatal cancer is afflicting her.
  致命癌症在折磨着她。
• 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。
• Worrying about whether they are at the right party is, however, only a subset of the wider concern afflicting Davos Man and Woman.
  不过，担心自己是否来对了派对，只是萦绕在达沃斯男男女女心头的忧虑的一部分。
• At first, other countries resisted this trend, leading to concerns in the us that a peculiarly American disease was afflicting its culture and labour market.
  起初，这股趋势没有出现在其他国家，以致美国国内产生了一种担忧：美国的文化和劳动力市场患上了一种本国特有的病症。