cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something
使遭受(不快,痛苦)
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they inflicted serious injuries on three other men .他们使其他三人严重受伤。
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将(不受欢迎的事物)强加于
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she is wrong to inflict her beliefs on everyone else .她不该将自己的看法强加给所有人。
"mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘afflict, trouble’): from Latin