English Dictionary

affliction

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈflɪkʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. / Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

日本語の意味

苦しみ（痛み、苦悩、苦痛などの状態） / 苦悩（大きな悲しみや苦しみ） / 苦痛（不快な痛みや苦しみ） / 苦悶（極度の苦しみや悲惨な状態）

Her quiet smile couldn't hide the deep affliction she carried after the accident.

彼女の静かな微笑みは、事故の後に抱えた深い苦しみを隠せなかった。

意味（1）

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]

意味（2）

Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) …

afflictions （ plural ）