infliction 音标拼音: [ɪnfl'ɪkʃən]
n . 施加;使承受;处罚
施加;使承受;处罚
infliction n 1 :
the act of imposing something (
as a tax or an embargo )
[
synonym : {
imposition }, {
infliction }]
2 :
an act causing pain or damage 3 :
something or someone that causes trouble ;
a source of unhappiness ; "
washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer "; "
a bit of a bother "; "
he '
s not a friend ,
he '
s an infliction " [
synonym : {
annoyance }, {
bother }, {
botheration },
{
pain }, {
infliction }, {
pain in the neck }, {
pain in the ass }]
Infliction \
In *
flic "
tion \,
n . [
L .
inflictio :
cf .
F .
infliction .]
1 .
The act of inflicting or imposing ;
as ,
the infliction of torment ,
or of punishment .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which is inflicted or imposed ,
as punishment ,
disgrace ,
calamity ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness . --
Rogers .
[
1913 Webster ]
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
infliction ":
affliction ,
bane ,
bitter cup ,
bitter draft ,
bitter draught ,
bitter pill ,
bother ,
bugbear ,
burden ,
burden of care ,
burdening ,
calamity ,
cankerworm of care ,
care ,
castigation ,
charging ,
chastening ,
chastisement ,
condign punishment ,
correction ,
cross ,
crown of thorns ,
crushing burden ,
curse ,
death ,
demand ,
deserts ,
destruction ,
disciplinary measures ,
discipline ,
disease ,
distress ,
encumbrance ,
evil ,
exaction ,
ferule ,
freighting ,
gall ,
gall and wormwood ,
grievance ,
harm ,
imposing an onus ,
imposition ,
inconsiderateness ,
inconvenience ,
judgment ,
judicial punishment ,
laying on ,
load ,
loading ,
loading down ,
nemesis ,
obtrusiveness ,
open wound ,
oppression ,
pack of troubles ,
pains ,
pains and punishments ,
pay ,
payment ,
peck of troubles ,
penal retribution ,
penalty ,
penology ,
pest ,
pestilence ,
plague ,
presumptuousness ,
punishment ,
punition ,
retribution ,
retributive justice ,
running sore ,
scourge ,
sea of troubles ,
sorrow ,
tasking ,
taxing ,
thorn ,
torment ,
trouble ,
unwarranted demand ,
vexation ,
visitation ,
waters of bitterness ,
weight ,
weighting ,
well -
deserved punishment ,
what -
for ,
woe
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