affliction
英 [əˈflɪkʃn] 美 [əˈflɪkʃən]

n.

苦恼，痛苦；灾难；哀伤，忧伤；受克星体

变形

复数：afflictions

英英释义

affliction[ ə'flikʃən ]

• n.
  • a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
  • a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
  • a cause of great suffering and distress

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. I have great sympathy for people in affliction.
   我对那些受苦受难的人们充满同情。
2. Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.
   营养不良是致使穷人痛苦的常见原因之一。

权威例句

Semiology of affliction of the nervous system vol 1 and 2
Unhealthy societies : the afflictions of inequality
An immunoreactive theory of selective male affliction
Epidemiology of fecal incontinence: the silent affliction.
Affection not affliction: The role of emotions in information systems and organizational change
Medicinal maggots: an ancient remedy for some contemporary afflictions.
Coralline white band syndrome, a coralline algal affliction in the tropical Atlantic
Unhealthy Societies— the Afflictions of Inequality: Richard Wilkinson, London, Routledge, 1996, xi + 255 pages, £17.99 (sc).
Degree of disability, affliction, loss of free time, and loss of working hours in patients with migraine and tension-type headache i...
Endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis: an east Asian experience and a reappraisal of a severe ocular affliction.