英[ə'flɪkt]美[ə'flɪkt]
记忆方法
词源词根法
【结构分析】afflict=af（=ad，去）+flict（击打）→击打→折磨=【词源解释】flict←拉丁语flictus（击打）=【同源词】affliction（苦难、痛苦、折磨），inflict（造成，使遭受），infliction（处罚），conflict（冲突←相互击打），conflictual（具有冲突的）
verb(动词)
双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
To afflict is to cause suffering, pain, or misery. It’s often associated with medical conditions. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is most likely to afflict someone who spends many hours every day typing on our computers.
We get afflict from the Latin word affligere, meaning “to strike down,” which is an old fashioned way of saying to get sick, or to have a condition of some kind. You could argue that chronic indecision was the main problem to afflict Hamlet, or that saying “um,” “like,” and “you know” are speech tics that afflict teens.
实用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
afflict，inflict。inflict的意思是“使蒙受(损失、灾难)，伤害，坏人受到应有的惩罚、报应”；而afflict的意思是“某人不幸染上疾病”或“精神上遭受打击”，其过去分词常和介词with连用。
相关单词
adversity
pain【反义词】comfort
relieve
pain【反义词】comfort
relieve
词根词缀
词根: flict
=strike,表示”打击”
n.
affliction 折磨,痛苦af一再+flict打+ion表名词→一再打→折磨
conflict 冲突con共同+flict打→一起打斗→冲突
infliction [强加于人身的]痛苦,刑罚inflict[v.使遭受[损伤,苦痛等],使承受[on,upon]]+ion表名词→n.[强加于人身的]痛苦,刑罚
v.
afflict 使身体或精神受痛苦,折磨af一再+flict打击→折磨
inflict 使遭受[损伤,苦痛等],使承受[on,upon]in进入+flict打击→进入打斗→导致痛苦