affliction
US: /əˈfɫɪkʃən/
UK: /ɐflˈɪkʃən/
UK: /ɐflˈɪkʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
affliction /ə'flikʃn/
- danh từ
- nỗi đau đớn, nỗi đau buồn, nỗi ưu phiền, nỗi khổ sở
- tai ách, tai hoạ, hoạn nạn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U, C] (formal) pain and suffering or sth that causes it
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 hardship, misery, misfortune, distress, ordeal, trial, tribulation, adversity, suffering, woe, pain, grief, distress, torment, wretchedness:
Moses saw the affliction of his people in Egypt.
2 curse, disease, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, plague, scourge, tribulation, trouble:
He often observed that greed was the affliction of the middle class.
Concise English dictionary
afflictions-kʃn
noun
+a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
+a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
+a cause of great suffering and distress
