afflict
afflict
verb
afflictive
adjective
verb
- [with obj.](of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to; affect; trouble
（问题，疾病）使痛苦，折磨；影响；困扰
his younger child was afflicted with a skin disease.
他的幼子受着皮肤病痛的折磨。
serious ills afflict the industry.
严重的困难困扰着工业。
[as plural noun the afflicted]he comforted the afflicted.
他安慰备受苦恼的人们。
■(Astrology)(of a celestial body) be in a stressful aspect with (another celestial body or a point on the ecliptic)
(占星)（天体）相对于（另一天体或黄道上某点）处于应力星位
Jupiter is afflicted by Mars in opposition.
木星相对于火星处在相反方向的应力星位。
afflictive
adjective
- (archaic 古)
- late 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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