...the afflictions of modern society.现代社会的烦恼She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self-centered valetudinarian.她装做对自己的失调和苦恼若无其事，但是实际上她是为自己的健康状况非常发愁的人。For some temper...
Afflictions are sometimes blessings in disguise.塞翁失马,焉知非福.In Britain, we have so far escaped, in large measure, either of these afflictions.在英国，我们迄今为止已经远远地避开了这两类麻烦。She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflict...