"afflict" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 折磨
• 使受苦

Definition

使某人或某物遭受痛苦、折磨或困擾，特別常用於疾病或困難帶來的折磨。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'Afflict'（折磨）用語正式，多用來描述嚴重疾病、災難或重大痛苦，如 'afflicted by'。通常作用於人或羣體，日常會話中少用，較常見於書面或新聞語境。

Examples

Many families were afflicted by the economic crisis last year.

去年，許多家庭**遭受**經濟危機的**折磨**。

Doctors are still searching for ways to treat the diseases that afflict the elderly.

醫生們仍在尋找治療**折磨**老年人的疾病的方法。

It’s heartbreaking to see so many children afflicted by war.

看到這麼多孩子被戰爭**折磨**，叫人心碎。

The disease afflicted many people in the village.

這種疾病**折磨**了村裡的很多人。

Hunger afflicts millions of children worldwide.

飢餓**折磨**著全世界數百萬兒童。

She was afflicted by a serious allergy.

她被嚴重過敏**折磨**著。