inflict

常见例句

In their minds, it's a problem that people inflict upon themselves that could be solved if patients were motivated enough.
在他们看来，这是一个问题，人们给自己造成的，可以得到解决，如果病人有足够的意志力。
“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.
“我一直在和他们说，我们或者继续给他们的亲人造成痛苦或者我们可以让他走的舒服一些，”他说的同时手仍然在微微发抖。
Either way, they were serene and unwilling to inflict pain on others—exactly like those who were given word of social acceptance.
在任一种情况下，他们都很平静，不愿对他人造成痛苦——完全像那些收到通知被社会接受的人。

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.
然后，他们引以为豪并且坚持认为，我不是强迫，而是说服，邀请你去做同样一件事。
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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.
就是弥尔顿的雄心和他智慧的勇气,让他去证实上帝是能强加给他创造的世界,这样看起来专横的控制的行为。
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With such different priorities the lead bargainer could inflict headaches on its U.S. competitors.
FORBES: Magazine Article
He compared them to rats, and threatened to go door to door to inflict punishment.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama’s Speech on Libya
Campaigns are not the place to expect details on the pain a candidate plans to inflict.
ECONOMIST: The Economy