柯林斯詞典affliction /??fl?k??n/ (afflictions) 1. N-VAR An affliction is something that causes physical or mental suffering. 折磨人的事物[正式] Hay fever is an affliction that arrives at an early age. 花粉熱是一種早年易患的病。 返回 affliction劍橋詞典something that makes you suffer 痛苦；苦惱；折磨 Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor . 營養(yǎng)不良是睏擾窮人的常見問題之一。 返回 affliction