afflict: [14] When it originally entered English, afflict meant ‘overthrow’, reflecting its origins in Latin afflīgere ‘throw down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and flīgere ‘strike’. English afflict comes either from the Latin past participle afflictus, from a new Latin verb formed from this, afflictāre, or perhaps from the now obsolete English adjective afflict, which was borrowed from Old French aflit and refashioned on the Latin model. The meaning ‘torment, distress’ developed in the early 16th century.
afflict (v.)
late 14c., "to cast down," from Old French aflicter, from Latin afflictare "to damage, harass, torment," frequentative of affligere (past participle afflictus) "to dash down, overthrow," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fligere (past participle flictus) "to strike," from PIE root *bhlig- "to strike" (cognates: Greek phlibein "to press, crush," Czech blizna "scar," Welsh blif "catapult"). Transferred meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1530s. Related: Afflicted; afflicting.
例文
1. There are two main problems which affict people with hearing impairments.
聴力に障害のある人たちは主に2つの大きな問題に悩まされている。
2.They may grant you power，honour，and riches but affict you with servitude，infamy，and poverty.
彼らはあなたに権力、栄誉、富を与えることができますが、奴隷、恥辱、貧困であなたを苦しめます。
3.Famine and war still affict mankind.
飢餓と戦争は依然として人類を苦痛に陥れている。
4.I wish you wouldn 't affict me with your constant complains.
文句ばかり言って私を悩ませないでほしい。
5.The same problem will surely affict any future purchases in fashion.