英语词汇“afflicted”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease.

This adjective's Latin root, afflictare, means "to damage, harass, or torment," which may sometimes be a good description of how an afflicted person feels. Those with mental illness may be tormented by voices in their head and thus be unable to distinguish what is real from what is not. Those afflicted by ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, slowly lose control of their muscles and become paralyzed.

WORD FAMILY

afflicted: afflictedest, afflictedly+/afflict: afflicted, afflicting, affliction, afflictive, afflicts/affliction: afflictions/afflictive: afflictively

USAGE EXAMPLES

Afflicted with bipolar disorder, she educated the public about the condition as if she were on a mission.

Slate(Dec 27, 2016)

And we see only futility and cruelty in the countless lives shortened by disease or disaster, or afflicted by poverty or conflict.

Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016)

Whatever happened to comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable?

Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016)

1adj mentally or physically unfit

Syn

impaired
unfit

not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition

2adj grievously affected especially by disease

Syn

stricken
ill, sick

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

单词	afflicted
释义	afflicted (once / 605 pages) adj Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease. This adjective's Latin root, afflictare, means "to damage, harass, or torment," which may sometimes be a good description of how an afflicted person feels. Those with mental illness may be tormented by voices in their head and thus be unable to distinguish what is real from what is not. Those afflicted by ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease, slowly lose control of their muscles and become paralyzed. WORD FAMILY afflicted: afflictedest, afflictedly+/afflict: afflicted, afflicting, affliction, afflictive, afflicts/affliction: afflictions/afflictive: afflictively USAGE EXAMPLES Afflicted with bipolar disorder, she educated the public about the condition as if she were on a mission. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) And we see only futility and cruelty in the countless lives shortened by disease or disaster, or afflicted by poverty or conflict. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Whatever happened to comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable? Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj mentally or physically unfit Syn impaired unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition 2adj grievously affected especially by disease Syn stricken ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
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