释义 |
afflictionaf‧flic‧tion /əˈflɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] formal  - Smoking is a major cause of cancer and other afflictions.
- Because it is an affliction peculiar to women?
- Guess who I ran into on the street at the height of my affliction?
- Life will contain its afflictions and troubles without unjust institutions adding to its lot.
- Many afflictions were cured or relieved for those who drank of it and great numbers of people journeyed there on pilgrimages.
- The man spits hatred at anyone who sees his humiliation and affliction.
- This was diagnosed as impetigo, an unpleasant and contagious affliction.
something that causes pain or suffering, especially a medical condition: the afflictions of old age |