something that causes pain or suffering
痛源,苦事
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a crippling affliction of the nervous system .由神经系统造成严重伤害的痛源。
[mass noun]pain; suffering
痛苦;苦楚
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poor people in great affliction .忍受巨大痛苦的穷人。
【占星】 (天体的)相互处于应力星位。
"Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation, specifically religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin