English Dictionary

affliction

/əˈflɪkʃən/

noun

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. / Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

She has been suffering from a chronic affliction for years.

意味（1）

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]

意味（2）

Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) …