Afflict

(verb.) cause physical pain or suffering in; 'afflict with the plague'.

(verb.) cause great unhappiness for; distress; 'she was afflicted by the death of her parents'.

编辑:鲁弗斯

• The spirits of evil bring mal adies upon us; the gods heal the diseases that afflict us. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• A good patriot, said the other, could hardly have been more afflicted if the Aristocrat had drawn a blank. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But yet hope was there none, neither to the afflicted to be delivered, neither yet to the purchaser [i. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This eases the afflicted heart, he said. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• What the poets and story-tellers say--that the wicked prosper and the righteous are afflicted, or that justice is another's gain? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The little children were in a pitiable condition--they all had sore eyes, and were otherwise afflicted in various ways. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Elinor, too, was deeply afflicted; but still she could struggle, she could exert herself. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It did not seem at all comical to Meg, who kissed and caressed the afflicted heroine in the tenderest manner. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• It was a sad time, a time which it afflicts me to think of or to write of now. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Hence the deluge of half-observations, of verbal ideas, and unassimilated knowledge which afflicts the world. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This law established his tyranny; and for one mischief which it prevented, ten thousand evils, horrible and afflicting, sprung up in its place. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I had before, in the public papers, met with the afflicting news that letter contained. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Both the sisters seemed struck: not shocked or appalled; the tidings appeared in their eyes rather momentous than afflicting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

整理:劳埃德