transcription, транскрипция: [ əflɪkt ]
( afflicts, afflicting, afflicted)
If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer. ( FORMAL )
Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades...
There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments...
= affect
VERB : be V-ed by/with n , V n