inflicts

英 [ɪnˈflɪkts]

美 [ɪnˈflɪkts]

v.  使遭受打击; 使吃苦头
inflict的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 予以(打击);使遭受(损伤、苦痛等)
  Toinflictharm or damageonsomeone or something means to make them suffer it.
  1. Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...
     反叛武装称他们使政府军遭受重创。
  2. ...the damage being inflicted on Britain's industries by the recession...
     经济衰退使英国工业遭受的损失
  3. The dog then attacked her, inflicting serious injuries.
     然后那条狗袭击了她,把她咬成重伤。

双语例句

• For example, China's continued insistence on holding down its currency inflicts significant damage on Brazil's manufacturers and dissuades it from diversifying away from commodities.
  例如，中国继续坚持压低人民币汇率，给巴西制造商造成严重伤害，并阻止了巴西从大宗商品转向多样化发展。
• War inflicts trauma that is beyond healing in the hearts of many;
  战争给每个人的心灵，留下了难以愈合的创伤。
• The price commitment-cum-quota inflicts the same harm as outright tariffs on Europeans eager to green their energy consumption.
  对急于绿化自身能源消费的欧盟民众而言，这项价格承诺加配额协议带来的损害与直接征收关税无异。
• An adult who loves children but unconsciously condemns them inflicts upon them a secret sorrow which is a mirror of his own mistakes.
  一个热爱儿童但又无意识地责备了他们的成人，会给儿童留下一种内在的悲哀，这种悲哀正是成人自己错误的一种反映。
• The LORD will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  凡不上来守住棚节的列国人，耶和华也必用这灾攻击他们。
• Someone who inflicts severe physical pain.
  造成剧烈的身体上的痛苦的人。
• The hand that inflicts the wound is also the hand which heals it.
  这就是“击伤的是他的手，医伤的也是他的手”的意思。
• The entire poster for Star Trek Into Darkness revolves around his character John Harrison and the destruction he inflicts on Earth.
  《星际迷航：暗黑无界》的整个海报都围绕着他所扮演的角色约翰哈里森以及他毁掉地球的场景。
• Britain's media are exported everywhere and tens of thousands of students in their "gap" year inflicts themselves on India and Australia.
  此外，还有数万英国学生在尚未找到工作之际，不邀自请的前往印度和澳大利亚谋生。
• A new study suggests that coral acts as a sunscreen, absorbing UV light and limiting the harm it inflicts on the reef's denizens.
  一项新研究表明：珊瑚礁起着防晒作用，吸收了紫外线，限制了对礁内生物造成的伤害。