"it was a sore trial to him"
"the painful process of growing up"
afflictive的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
Sometimes insatiability cannot be used to interpret this afflictive mind caused by a watery and dispassionate life. 对人类这这种因生命的平淡和缺少激情而苦恼的心态,有时是不能用不知足来解释的。