v.

cause great unhappiness for; distress

"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

cause pain or suffering in

"afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"

同義詞：smite

cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

同義詞：troubleailpain

1. The disease afflicts millions of people each year.
   這種疾病每年使數百萬人受苦。
2. Poverty afflicts many communities in the region.
   貧困折磨著該地區(qū)的許多社區(qū)。