Dreye權威釋義

vt.[(+on/upon)]

給予（打擊）；使遭受（損傷等）；強加
The typhoon inflicted severe damage on the island.
颱風給島上造成重大損失。
Don't inflict your ideas on me.
別把你的想法強加於我。
加以（處罰或判刑）
He inflicted severe penalties on the prisoners.
他對囚犯施加苛刑。

inflict oneself upon

n. [C][U]

infliction

同義:

vt.強加於

同義參見:

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

v.

(often inflict something on) cause (something unpleasant) to be suffered by someone else.

C16 (in the sense ‘afflict, trouble’): from L. inflict-, infligere ‘strike against’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》