affliction

af·flic·tion

A0122900 (ə-flĭk′shən)n.1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress: the affliction of arthritis. See Synonyms at trial.2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress: "The mount twists wind and weather to alter them into afflictions as a heartless monarch does laws" (William Least Heat-Moon). See Synonyms at burden.

affliction

(əˈflɪkʃən) n1. a condition of great distress, pain, or suffering2. something responsible for physical or mental suffering, such as a disease, grief, etc

af•flic•tion

(əˈflɪk ʃən)

n. 1. a distressed or painful state; misery. 2. a cause of mental or bodily pain. [1300–50; Middle English < Latin] af•flic′tive, adj. af•flic′tive•ly, adv. syn: See misfortune.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversityadversity, hard knocks, hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"crown of thorns, cross - any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"
	2.	affliction - a condition of suffering or distress due to ill healthhealth problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without paindeformity, malformation, misshapenness - an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
	3.	affliction - a cause of great suffering and distresstrouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"calvary, martyrdom - any experience that causes intense sufferingtribulation, visitation, trial - an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"curse, torment - a severe afflictionattack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"bane, nemesis, scourge, curse - something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"

affliction

noun misfortune, suffering, trouble, trial, disease, pain, distress, grief, misery, plague, curse, ordeal, sickness, torment, hardship, sorrow, woe, adversity, calamity, scourge, tribulation, wretchedness Hay fever is an affliction that arrives at an early age.

affliction

noun1. A state of physical or mental suffering:agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness.2. The condition of being sick:disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity, sickness.3. Something hard to bear physically or emotionally:burden, cross, trial, tribulation.4. A cause of suffering or harm:bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, scourge, woe.

Translations

痛苦的事苦恼

afflict

(əˈflikt) verb to give pain or distress to (a person etc). She is continually afflicted by/with headaches. 造成某人痛苦或苦惱 使苦恼afˈfliction (-ʃən) nounHer deafness is a great affliction to her. 痛苦，苦惱 痛苦的事，苦恼