V-T To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it. 使遭受 (伤害或破坏等)
...the damage being inflicted on industries by the recession.
…经济衰退给工业造成的损失。
The Convention Against Torture defines torture as any act that inflicts severe pain or suffering, physical or mental.
《反酷刑条约》把酷刑定义为任何造成严重身心疼痛和受苦的行为。
Their electrical fury inflicts death or serious injury on around 500 people each year in the United States alone.
仅在美国，每年就有大约500人因电击而死亡或严重受伤。
The disease also inflicts emotional and physical pain.
同时也会给你造成情绪上的困扰和身体上的痛苦。
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