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.
雙語例句
1. There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.
聽力有障礙的人們主要受到兩大問題的困擾。
來自柯林斯例句
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)和財富,但卻用奴役 、 恥辱和貧窮來折磨你.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Famine and war still afflict mankind.
饑餓和戰(zhàn)爭仍使人類遭受痛苦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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.
來自辭典例句
5. The same problem will surely afflict any future purchases in fashion.