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

• Such an approach would not only ease transport congestion but also benefit the Chinese economy overall and limit the air pollution afflicting much of china.
  这样的方法不仅能减轻交通堵塞，也能让中国经济整体受益，限制影响中国大部分地区的空气污染问题。
• A fatal cancer is afflicting her.
  致命癌症在折磨着她。
• MANY Japanese businessmen will tell you that the biggest problem afflicting their country is lack of political leadership.
  日本很多商界人士会跟你说，困扰日本的最大问题就是缺乏政治领导力。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are three crises afflicting Europe.
  目前有三场危机困扰着欧洲。
• It looks more like a systemic problem afflicting a broad swath of the industry.
  看样子，这是个大面积困扰银行业的系统性问题。
• Yet the idiosyncrasies of the eurozone should not distract us from the general nature of the fiscal crisis that is now afflicting most Western economies.
  不过，这场财政危机正折磨着多数西方经济体，欧元区的特性不应使我们忽视其一般性。
• 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。
• 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。