"afflicts" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 折磨
• 使痛苦

Definition

使某人或某事遭受痛苦、苦難，尤其是指疾病或重大問題造成的影響。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用於正式或嚴肅的場合，多指疾病、災難或重大困難（例如“疾病折磨着數百萬人”）。不適用於小問題。常見搭配有“afflicts people”、“problem that afflicts”。比“affect”更爲嚴重和負面。

Examples

Malaria afflicts many people in tropical countries.

瘧疾**折磨**許多熱帶國家的人。

Poverty afflicts millions around the world.

貧窮**折磨**著全世界數百萬人。

Strong headaches often afflict him during winter.

冬天他經常被嚴重的頭痛**折磨**。

Depression still afflicts people even when everything seems fine on the outside.

即使外表一切正常，抑鬱症仍然**折磨**著人們。

It’s a rare condition that only afflicts a handful of families each year.

這是一種每年僅**折磨**少數家庭的罕見疾病。

Arthritis afflicts older adults more frequently than young people.

關節炎比年輕人更常**折磨**年長者。