afflictive
a. 给人痛苦的, 苦恼的, 折磨人的
词形变化
more afflictive
比较级
most afflictive
最高级
释义与例句
adj.
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1.
That causes physical or mental pain.
1847, Anne Brontë (as Acton Bell), Agnes Grey, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, Volume 3, Chapter 3, p. 54, In my childhood I could not imagine a more afflictive punishment than for my mother to refuse to kiss me at night: the very idea was terrible;
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词源
From afflict + -ive.
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