plague/afflict/inflict.导航词义：使受痛苦

1. plague:v. 折磨，使苦恼.指糟糕的事情（如病痛、问题等）在很长一段时间内不断困扰某个人、组织、地区等，通常用被动语态。

He was plagued by insomnia.

他受到失眠的折磨。

Labour shortages continued to plague that area.

用工荒继续困扰该地区。

2. afflict:v. 使痛苦，折磨.指疾病、战争、贫困等让某人、某地区等饱受折磨，常用被动语态。

About 20% of that country's population is afflicted by famine.

那个国家20%左右的居民饱受饥荒之苦。

How many people around the world are afflicted with arthritis?

世界上有多少人为关节炎所折磨？

3. inflict:v. 使承受，使遭受.指使人、机构、地区等遭受不愉快的事。

The strikes inflicted serious damage on the company.

罢工给公司造成了巨大损失。

Peasants still had to pay the rent despite all of the damage inflicted by the storm.

尽管暴风雪造成了各种损失，农民依然得交租。

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1·There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.

有两大问题困扰有听觉障碍的人。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·ECONOMIC woes afflict many at the moment.

经济灾难此刻折磨着许多人。

3·I don't want to afflict you with my troubles.

我不想使你为我的困难而苦恼。

4·There are many illnesses which afflict old people。

老人受到许多病痛的折磨。

5·Why do migraines disproportionately afflict women?

为何女性忍受偏头痛折磨的比例如此之大？

6·If God afflict your enemies, surely that ought to suffice you.

如果上帝使你的敌人苦恼，当然你就应该知足了。

7·For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

因他并不甘心使人受苦，使人忧愁。

8·The same problem will surely afflict any future purchases in fashion.

同样的问题肯定还会在未来时尚业的收购案中引起阵痛。

9·The same problem will surely afflict any future purchases in fashion.

相同的问题无疑也会困扰P PR在时尚业将来的并购计划。

10·The same problem can afflict the product or service you are marketing.

同样的方法也会影响你的产品和服务。

折磨

1·Even so, the auction has become a symbol of the constant delays and divisions that still afflict Indian policymaking.

既便如此，拍卖也成为了一直折磨印度决策的持续的拖延和分歧的象征。

2·As people open their hearts to this natural disaster, the world is being asked not to forget the no less destructive man-made disasters that afflict fragile states across the globe.

当人们对这一自然灾害倾心相助时，世界也不应忘记那些折磨着全球脆弱国家的、破坏性不亚于自然灾害的人为灾害。

3·As they work through the seven ages of man, their thoughts may increasingly turn to the dependence, indignity and pain that afflict so many at the end of their lives.

随着熬过了七年，他们的想法可能会逐渐转向在生命的末端令其备受折磨的不自主、无尊严和痛苦。

4·Scientists have discovered a molecule in the brain that may help erase the fearful memories that afflict people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

在经历过某些灾难或创伤后留给人们的重大创伤后遗症使人们饱受折磨。科学家在大脑里发现了一种分子，能够帮助人们抹除那些使人产生痛苦的记忆。

5·There are many illnesses which afflict old people。

老人受到许多病痛的折磨。