資料來源 : pyDict
施以,加害,科以,使承受
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Inflict \In*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflicted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inflicting}.] [L. inflictus, p. p. of infligere to
strike on, to inflict; pref. in- in, on + fligere to strike.
Cf. {Flail}.]
To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking;
to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to
bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a
wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude;
to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty
of death on a criminal.
What heart could wish, what hand inflict, this dire
disgrace? --Drygen.
The persecution and the pain That man inflicts on
infero-ior kinds. --Cowper.
資料來源 : WordNet®
inflict
v : impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage
on the students" [syn: {bring down}, {visit}, {impose}]