affliction
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 苦恼，折磨，苦恼的事由
构词拆分
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 affliction
- 源自 ←古法语 afliction
- 源自 ←拉丁语 afflīctiō “pain, suffering, torment”
- 源自 ←拉丁语 afflīctō “to damage, harass, torment”
词源说明
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem (“pain, suffering, torment”), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). By surface analysis, afflict + -ion.