afflict

英 [?'fl?kt] 美[?'fl?kt]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?afflicts;過(guò)去式:?afflicted;過(guò)去分詞:?afflicted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?afflicting;

afflict 打擊

前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。詞根flict, 擊打，見(jiàn)conflict, 沖突。

affluent 富裕的

前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。詞根flu, 流動(dòng)，流出。

afflict: afflict: [14] When it originally entered English, afflict meant ‘overthrow’, reflecting its origins in Latin afflīgere ‘throw down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and flīgere ‘strike’. English afflict comes either from the Latin past participle afflictus, from a new Latin verb formed from this, afflictāre, or perhaps from the now obsolete English adjective afflict, which was borrowed from Old French aflit and refashioned on the Latin model. The meaning ‘torment, distress’ developed in the early 16th century.
afflict (v.): late 14c., "to cast down," from Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare "to damage, harass, torment," frequentative of affligere (past participle afflictus) "to dash down, overthrow," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fligere (past participle flictus) "to strike," from PIE root *bhlig- "to strike" (cognates: Greek phlibein "to press, crush," Czech blizna "scar," Welsh blif "catapult"). Transferred meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1530s. Related: Afflicted; afflicting.

1. There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.: 聽(tīng)力有障礙的人們主要受到兩大問(wèn)題的困擾。

2. They may grant you power, honour, and riches but afflict you with servitude, infamy, and poverty.: 他們可以給你權(quán)力、榮譽(yù)和財(cái)富,但卻用奴役、恥辱和貧窮來(lái)折磨你.

4. I wish you wouldn't afflict me with your constant complains.: 我希望你不要總是抱怨而使我苦惱.

5. The same problem will surely afflict any future purchases in fashion.: 同樣的問(wèn)題肯定還會(huì)在未來(lái)時(shí)尚業(yè)的收購(gòu)案中引起陣痛.