inflict

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In their minds, it's a problem that people inflict upon themselves that could be solved if patients were motivated enough.
在他們看來(lái)，這是一個(gè)問(wèn)題，人們給自己造成的，可以得到解決，如果病人有足夠的意志力。
“I spent all this time telling them we could continue to inflict pain on their loved one or we could make him comfortable,” he said, his hands still moving.
“我一直在和他們說(shuō)，我們或者繼續(xù)給他們的親人造成痛苦或者我們可以讓他走的舒服一些，”他說(shuō)的同時(shí)手仍然在微微發(fā)抖。
Either way, they were serene and unwilling to inflict pain on others—exactly like those who were given word of social acceptance.
在任一種情況下，他們都很平靜，不願(yuàn)對(duì)他人造成痛苦——完全像那些收到通知被社會(huì)接受的人。

But no such mechanism exists for non-bank financial institutions like AIG whose failure would inflict great economic pain on the nation as a whole.
And then, they're proud of it and they insist that I, not inflict, but rather induce you, invite you to do the same thing.
然後，他們引以爲(wèi)豪竝且堅(jiān)持認(rèn)爲(wèi)，我不是強(qiáng)迫，而是說(shuō)服，邀請(qǐng)你去做同樣一件事。
麻省理工公開課 - 固態(tài)化學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
It's a measure of Milton's ambition and his intellectual courage that enables him to set out to justify a God who can inflict upon his creatures such a seemingly arbitrary act of licensing.
就是彌爾頓的雄心和他智慧的勇氣,讓他去証實(shí)上帝是能強(qiáng)加給他創(chuàng)造的世界,這樣看起來(lái)專橫的控制的行爲(wèi)。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

With such different priorities the lead bargainer could inflict headaches on its U.S. competitors.
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