afflict
词根词缀：
afflict v. 使苦恼；折磨
af 加强 + flict 打击 → 一再打击 → 折磨
affliction n. 苦恼；苦难
afflict的名词
conflict n. 冲突
con 共同 + flict 打击 → 两边打斗 → 冲突
inflict v. 使…遭受
in 使… + flict 打击 → 使受打击 → 使…遭受
infliction n. 痛苦；负担
inflict的名词
数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句：
But animals are generally not susceptible to the diseases that afflict humans.
但是动物对困扰人类的疾病往往不易感染。
We cannot forget the intense sufferings that have afflicted and still afflict so many of our brothers and sisters in the world: thousands of innocent victims in the deadly attacks of11 September;
我们不能不想到仍在折磨世界上许多我们的兄弟姊妹的巨大痛苦：九月十一日极其严重的袭击事件中成千上万的无辜牺牲者；
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。
For much of its history, the industry has focused chiefly on the diseases that afflict people in rich countries, while largely neglecting research into diseases of the poor.
在这些公司发展历程中的绝大部分时间里，他们都将首要的注意力集中在困扰发达国家民众的多种疾病上，同时却极大地忽视了对贫穷国家民众疾病的研究。
It is difficult to unravel the origins of the divisive feuds among grown-ups that afflict institutions of education.
很难解开大人的分裂争斗的起源困扰的教育机构。
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。