| 单词 | affliction |
| 释义 | affliction (once / 605 pages) n An affliction makes you suffer, but you have to deal with it anyway. Diseases are often said to be afflictions, but the word can mean just about anything that causes great suffering. The word afflict, which makes up the first part of the word, means to cause this type of trouble. "Tom liked to afflict pain on his brother. His brother considered Tom just one more affliction he had to bear." The word can also be used as an exaggeration of something that isn't so bad––"Homework is often seen as an affliction by students and parents alike." WORD FAMILYaffliction: afflictions+/afflict: afflicted, afflicting, affliction, afflictive, afflicts/afflicted: afflictedest, afflictedly/afflictive: afflictively USAGE EXAMPLESActhar is marketed for a variety of severe afflictions, including acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis and rheumatic disorders. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Ms. Schwartz seems shirk personal responsibility in her article and mistakenly assumes that most Adderall users suffer from her same addictive affliction. New York Times(Oct 12, 2016) Her interest, she wrote in one of the book’s essays, “A Necessary End,” lay in “the role of affliction in perfecting human experience.” New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) 1n a cause of great suffering and distress Hypo|Hyper calvary, martyrdom any experience that causes intense suffering trial, tribulation, visitationan annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event curse, tormenta severe affliction attacka sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition bane, curse, nemesis, scourgesomething causing misery or death firea severe trial anxiety attacka sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic flarea sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms ictus, raptus, seizurea sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease spot, toucha slight attack of illness CVA, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, strokea sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain convulsion, fit, paroxysma sudden uncontrollable attack hystericsan attack of hysteria occlusionclosure or blockage (as of a blood vessel) heart attacka sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function trouble an event causing distress or pain 2n a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity Hypo|Hyper cross, crown of thorns any affliction that causes great suffering adversity, hard knocks, hardship a state of misfortune or affliction 3n a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health Hypo|Hyper deformity, malformation, misshapenness an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed Arnold-Chiari deformitydeformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull clawfoot, pes cavusa deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw cleft foota deformity in which the space between the third and fourth toes extends up into the foot clubfoot, talipescongenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes chicken breast, pigeon breastabnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets plagiocephalycongenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique scaphocephalycongenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation valgusa deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body varusa deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree health problem, ill health, unhealthiness a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain |
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