| 单词 | affliction |
| 释义 | affliction —afflictionless, adj. /euh flik"sheuhn/, n. 1. a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery: They sympathized with us in our affliction. 2. a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution. [1300-50; ME affliccioun < L affliction- (s. of afflictio). See AFFLICT, -ION] Syn. 2. mishap, trouble, tribulation, calamity, catastrophe, disaster. AFFLICTION, ADVERSITY, MISFORTUNE, TRIAL refer to an event or circumstance that is hard to bear. A MISFORTUNE is any adverse or unfavorable occurrence: He had the misfortune to break his leg. AFFLICTION suggests not only a serious misfortune but the emotional effect of this: Blindness is an affliction. ADVERSITY suggests a calamity or distress: Job remained patient despite all his adversities. TRIAL emphasizes the testing of one's character in undergoing misfortunes, trouble, etc.: His son's conduct was a great trial to him. Ant. 1. relief, comfort, solace. |
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