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afflictive + noun
afflictive 通常修饰抽象名词，如疾病、经历等。
He endured an afflictive illness.
他忍受了一场痛苦的疾病。
令人痛苦的；使人苦恼的；折磨人的
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令人痛苦的；使人苦恼的；折磨人的
causing misery or pain or distress
He endured an afflictive illness.
他忍受了一场痛苦的疾病。
引起痛苦的；折磨人的
That causes physical or mental pain.
The afflictive heat of the desert made the hikers stop frequently.
沙漠中折磨人的酷热使徒步者频频停下。
Losing the championship was afflictive for the whole team.
输掉冠军对于整个队伍来说十分痛苦。
She wrote a poem about the afflictive silence of an empty house.
她写了一首关于空房子那令人难受的寂静的诗。
afflictive 通常修饰抽象名词，如疾病、经历等。
He endured an afflictive illness.
他忍受了一场痛苦的疾病。
The situation was extremely afflictive.
情况极其折磨人。
介词 to 引出承受痛苦的人。
The news was afflictive to the family.
这消息让全家人痛苦。
Not this
He is afflictive after the accident.
Use this
He is afflicted after the accident.
形容词 afflictive 通常修饰事物（如经历或疾病），表示“令人痛苦的”，而修饰人时应使用其过去分词形式 afflicted，表示“感到痛苦的”或“受折磨的”。
Not this
The afflictive of poverty is hard to bear.
Use this
The affliction of poverty is hard to bear.
Afflictive 是形容词，不能用作名词。表示“痛苦、苦难”的名词形式是 affliction。
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通常用于描述令人痛苦的事物或经历
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