to afflict
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苦しめる, 悩ませる
to cause pain, suffering, or distress, often as a result of illness, injury, or hardship
Transitive: to afflict a person or region
例
Poverty afflicts many families in this neighborhood.
貧困はこの地域の多くの家族を苦しめています。
The region was afflicted by a severe drought last year.
その地域は昨年、深刻な干ばつに見舞われた。
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