affliction

n. great suffering,misery,distress苦难，痛苦，苦恼。
△Lr.3. 2. 48:“Man’s nature cannot carry/Theaffliction nor the fear.”人的天性忍受不了这样的苦难和恐怖。
△Rom.3.3.2: “Affliction is enamoured of thyparts，”苦难爱上了你的才能。
△Oth.4.2.46 (47): “Hadit pleased heaven/ To try me with affliction,hadthey (i.e. the gods) rained/ All kinds of sores andshames on my bare head，”假如上天要让我受尽种种折磨，假如诸神要将种种痛苦和耻辱降到我光光的头上。
△Ham.3.2.329 (311):“The Queen,your mother,in most greataffliction of spirit,hath sent me to you.”王后，你的母亲，心里非常难过，派我前来见你。