pain and difficulty or something that causes it 折磨;痛苦 Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2Deafness is a terrible affliction. 耳聋是一种可怕的痛苦。 He suffered from an affliction of the eyes from an early age. 他从小就患有眼疾。 He suffers from an unfortunate affliction. 他遭受不幸的痛苦。 These poor people are in great affliction. 这些穷人非常痛苦。 We can never know when these afflictions will strike us. 我们永远不知道这些痛苦什么时候会袭击我们。 He bore his affliction with great dignity. 他以极大的尊严忍受着痛苦。 The monks believed that the disease was an affliction sent by God. 僧侣们认为这种疾病是上帝派来的。
Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin afflictio(n-), from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’.