用作動詞(v.)

A fatal cancer is afflicting her.
致命癌癥在折磨著她。Famine and war still afflict mankind.
饑餓和戰爭仍使人類遭受痛苦。I wish you wouldn't afflict me with your constant complaints.
希望你不要老是埋怨,讓我感到難受。These are a few of the problems which can afflict the elderly.
有幾個問題會使老年人苦惱。A terrible restlessness that was like to hunger afflicted Martin Eden.
一陣可怕的、跟饑餓差不多的不安情緒折磨著馬丁·伊登。It is a disease which mainly afflicts individuals between 30 and 50 years of age.
這是一種主要影響30—50歲人群的疾病。The diseases that afflict people in poor countries are a vicious crowd.
在貧窮國家里折磨人們的各種疾病既兇又多。They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy,and poverty.
他們可以給你權力、榮譽和財富，但卻用奴役、恥辱和貧窮來折磨你。

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I am afflicted with his failure.
他的失敗使我痛苦。About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with disease.
全國有40%左右的人口患有這種疾病。He is afflicted with severe rheumatism.
他承受嚴重的風濕病的折磨。The area was afflicted with drought.
這地區曾遭受旱災。Mankind is afflicted with many ills.
人類要受許多病痛的折磨。My grandfather is afflicted with arthritis.
我爺爺患有關節炎。He was afflicted by a sudden spiritual nausea.
一陣突如其來的厭惡的感覺使他苦惱。He was afflicted always with a gnawing restlessness.
他老是被一種叫人苦惱的不安情緒折磨著。Only other sufferers know what it is like to be afflicted with this disease.
只有其他得過這種病的人才知道得這種病的痛苦滋味。

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

afflict mankind困擾人類afflict the Third World countries困擾第三世界的國家

副詞+～

bitterly afflict備受煎熬grievously afflict備受困擾sorely afflict痛苦地折磨

～+介詞

be afflicted at sb's failure為某人失敗而難過be afflicted at seeing it看見它而感到心痛be afflicted by persecution受迫害be afflicted by the sad news為這個不幸消息感到難過be afflicted with為…所折磨，苦于…be afflicted with a conscience受良心的責備be afflicted with anxiety on the subject of seeking employment因急于尋找職業而苦惱be afflicted with bad eyesight苦于視力欠佳be afflicted with rheumatism患風濕病be afflicted with skin cancer受皮膚癌的折磨be afflicted with suffering很痛苦

Reassembling our afflicted Powers.