affliction [əˈflɪkʃən]

例句:

• Hay fever is an affliction which arrives at an early age.
  枯草热是年纪较小时会患的一种病。
  
• No one should take the affliction of cerebra palsy lightly.
  来自CNN
• Now he was in deep affliction for the loss of his brother.
  现在他正为丧弟之痛万分忧伤.
  
• His deafness is a great affliction to him.
  耳聋使他非常痛苦.
  
• That is how we turn affliction into freedom.
  来自THETIMES
• This is an entirely unprecedented category of affliction for me.
  来自NEWYORKER