affliction

/ә'flikʃәn/ uk　 词频 #13678

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affliction 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 苦恼, 折磨, 苦恼的事由

英文释义

n. a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

n. a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

n. a cause of great suffering and distress

affliction 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 affliction 在自然语境里怎么用：

This affliction is not uncommon among American Democrats, and it concedes the field of patriotism to Republicans.

—— What Viktor Orbán’s Opponents Sacrificed to Beat Him

In the end, I fell victim to the same old affliction that pesters science since its inception.

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

For weeks, he had been tormented by a racing heart and spiralling thoughts—the manifestations of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, frequent afflictions among top players.

—— Tantrums, tears, and meltdowns. The history of chess grandmasters is replete with tragic stories of lives undone by delusion and paranoia

I once saw a green dog and have since wondered whether it had the same affliction as the blue dogs featured in a Moscow Times article a few years back.

—— Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire

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