| 词汇 | afflicting |
| 释义 | afflicting present participle ofafflict afflict verb[ T ] uk /əˈflɪkt/ us /əˈflɪkt/ If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they or it suffer from it: It is an illness that afflicts women more than men.患这种疾病的女性多于男性。 a country afflicted by civil war饱受内战蹂躏的国家 Experiencing and suffering (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom afflict affliction almost/nearly die of somethingidiom be a martyr to somethingidiom be a victim of your own successidiom bear count go through grip hands-on hit someone where they liveidiom hold onidiom horse practical seat-of-the-pants see lifeidiom stricken suffer the consequences taste Examples of afflictingafflicting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This strength, however, is nearly lost in the midst of many weaknesses afflicting the book. While still living, the miser had observed a spoiled and precocious girl afflicting her passive father. From a clinical standpoint, mitral incompetence and/or stenosis may obscure the lesion afflicting the tricuspid valve. She apologized to her contributors for the number of typographical errors afflicting several issues. In typically trenchant fashion he sets forth the serious conceptual and empirical problems afflicting pictorial (including "quasi-pictorial") theories of imagery, showing how even vaunted neuro-imaging evidence fails to support it. When one talks of the demands for accountability, one must remember that the churches themselves are not immune to the corruption afflicting the state (pp. 181-4). Many of the acquired myopathies afflicting older people are treatable, but the commonest, inclusion body myositis, is not, and incorrect diagnosis and inappropriate use of steroids may compound morbidity. Overall there was a broad consensus on the problems afflicting the pension system, but no agreement could be reached on the reform model to be followed. Bilharzia is a chronic debilitating disease afflicting more than 200 million people, mainly in third world countries. Many of the acquired myopathies afflicting the elderly are treatable, but the commonest, inclusion body myositis, is not, and incorrect diagnosis and inappropriate use of steroids may compound morbidity. Overall, the collection suffers from the occupational hazards afflicting many semiotic (or 'semiological') approaches. We are not succumbing to the creeping paralysis of dictatorship which seems to be afflicting the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Essentially, the underlying problem afflicting contemporary health care is a world vision governed by a materialistic approach to life. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This evil is afflicting all countries and every government must act. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They wanted to break down the barriers, and to end the prejudices afflicting mentally ill people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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