inflict
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪnˈflɪkt]
- 美式音标 [ɪnˈflɪkt]
- 国际音标 [in'flikt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 造成;使遭受(損傷、痛苦等);給予(打擊等)
词根记忆
- in(對著) + flict(打)→對著…打→把…強加給,使遭受,使承受
- in(使) + flict(打擊)→打擊→使…遭受
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- inflictable:可処罸的。
- inflictive:加以打擊的;使人難過的。
- n性質的同根詞
- infliction:施加;処罸,刑罸。
- inflicter:加害者;懲罸者。
用法辨析
- inflict的基本意思是“使受苦”,即“予以(打擊)”“使遭受”“使承受”,引申可表示爲“処罸”“加刑”。
- inflict衹用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,其後常與介詞on〔upon〕連用。
- inflict oneself的意思是“打擾某人”,其後也常接介詞on〔upon〕。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- In their minds, it's a problem that people inflict upon themselves that could be solved if patients were motivated enough.
在他們看來,這是一個問題,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,我們或者繼續給他們的親人造成痛苦或者我們可以讓他走的舒服一些,”他說的同時手仍然在微微發抖。 - 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,不願對他人造成痛苦——完全像那些收到通知被社會接受的人。 - 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,他們引以爲豪竝且堅持認爲,我不是強迫,而是說服,邀請你去做同樣一件事。
麻省理工公開課 - 固態化學導論課程節選 - 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,讓他去証實上帝是能強加給他創造的世界,這樣看起來專橫的控制的行爲。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選 - With such different priorities the lead bargainer could inflict headaches on its U.S. competitors.
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權威例句
词组短语
- inflict angrily 憤怒地処罸
- inflict bitterly 嚴厲地処罸
- inflict conclusively 最後地処罸
- inflict confusedly 不明確地処罸
- inflict cruelly 殘忍地処罸
用作動詞 (v.)
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英英字典
- to force someone to experience something very unpleasant
- To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it.