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单词 afflict
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afflict

verb
/əˈflɪkt/
/əˈflɪkt/
[often passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they afflict
/əˈflɪkt/
/əˈflɪkt/
he / she / it afflicts
/əˈflɪkts/
/əˈflɪkts/
past simple afflicted
/əˈflɪktɪd/
/əˈflɪktɪd/
past participle afflicted
/əˈflɪktɪd/
/əˈflɪktɪd/
-ing form afflicting
/əˈflɪktɪŋ/
/əˈflɪktɪŋ/
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  1. to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way
    • afflict somebody/something Severe drought has afflicted the region.
    • the many problems that afflict the unemployed
    • Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas.
    • be afflicted with something About 40 per cent of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.
    • He’s badly afflicted with a skin disorder.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • severely
    phrases
    • be afflicted with
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘deject, humiliate’): from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass’, or from afflict- ‘knocked down, weakened’: both from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’.
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