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单词 infliction
释义
infliction
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˈflɪk.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈflɪk.ʃən/
theactionofforcingsomeone toexperiencesomething veryunpleasant:
施加（痛苦、苦难等）
Physicalabuseinvolvesthe inflictionofphysicalinjuryon achild.身体虐待涉及对儿童造成身体伤害。
thedeliberateinfliction ofpainonothers故意给他人造成痛苦的行为
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inflict
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  • Thisdeliberateinfliction ofdamageon one of the city'sfinestbuildingswas anactofindefensiblevandalism.
  • Thecrueltyoffenceappliesonly todeliberateinfliction ofunnecessarysuffering.
  • They wereaccusedofintentionalinfliction ofemotionaldistress.
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(Definition ofinflictionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinfliction

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Shaming penalties privatize both the determination of the severity of the sanction and theinflictionof the sanction.
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These negative reactions may in turn lead to theinflictionof (justified or unjustified) privately inflicted sanctions such as social stigmatization and isolation.
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Yet, in contrast to the instrumental justification, there are normative constraints that preclude theinflictionof sanctions by agents other than the state.
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Theinflictionof state-initiated privately inflicted sanctions is impermissible.
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An example would be theinflictionof harm in just punishment.
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The successfulinflictionof punishments (or at least some types of punishments) hinges upon the identity of the agent who performs it.
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Second, there is development frominflictionof harm on relatives and peers toinflictionof harm on strangers.
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There is the punishment of loss and aninflictionof experiential suffering that accompanies the judgement.
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I think that the intuition that nothing could justify theinflictionof a horrendous evil is correct, with one possible amendment.
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This link, it will be argued, is indispensable to the legitimacy of theinflictionof criminal sanctions triggered by violating state-issued prohibitions.
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It is impermissible on the part of the state to authorize, encourage, or initiate theinflictionof sanctions in the absence of such a link.
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The act of paying is perhaps the most unfortunateinflictionthat the two orchard thieves entailed upon us.
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Yet we are much more likely to consider gratuitous inflictions of negative emotional states as involving conflicts with, or the suppression of, our natures.
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Two recent initiatives to privatize theinflictionof sanctions, namely, shaming penalties and private prisons, illustrate the relevance of this conclusion to contemporary controversies.
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The couple sued for conversion and for intentionalinflictionof emotional distress.
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