affliction

UK:  [ə'flɪkʃ(ə)n]

US:  [ə'flɪkʃ(ə)n]

复数：afflictions  

n.

1.痛苦; 哀伤,忧伤;苦恼;困苦,不幸

2.苦恼;折磨

3.苦恼,难过,忧伤

4.不幸,悲剧;落难;灾星

5.磨难;折磨;病痛折磨

1 . She did not think the young wife took her affliction with proper humility.
她认为这少妇没有以应有的谦卑对待不幸。

2 . Such violence of affliction indeed could not be supported forever; it sank within a few days into a calmer melancholy.
这种强烈的苦恼确实也不能维持很久，没有几天，便淡化为一种平静的哀愁。

3 . The bare loss of him as a gallant was not so much my affliction as the loss of his person, whom indeed I loved to distraction.
单单失去一个献殷勤的公子倒不会使我感到很大的悲伤，但是我实在爱他这风采翩翩的人儿，我爱他几乎爱得发狂。

4 . Zhang Chuanwen: China used to criticise the "urban disease" of the west, but now it seems to be suffering from the same affliction.
张传文：看来中国以前指责西方的“城市病”，现在落在自己身上了。

5 . Life isn't always a bed of roses, you know. It is always accompanied with struggle and affliction.
你知道，生活不总是优哉游哉的，它总是有奋斗和痛苦相伴随。