英语词汇afflict的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	afflict
词源	afflict [LME] The early senses of afflict were ‘deject’ and ‘humiliate’; the word comes from Latin afflictare ‘knock about, harass’. Inflict [M16th] originally had the same meaning and comes from Latin infligere ‘to strike against’.
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