inflict on

基本解释

Every day, I saw more evidence about the evils humankind will inflict on their fellow humans, to gain or maintain power.
每一天，我看到更多的証據，証明邪惡的人類爲了獲得、維持權力而加害與他們同樣的人類。
Karim Khalil, QC, for the prosecution, had warned the jury that the case would demonstrate “the grotesque brutality that young people can inflict on one another”.
本案的檢察官——王室法律顧問卡裡姆·卡利爾警告陪讅團，本案証明了“青年人之間可以造成如此荒唐的暴行。”
Except a menace —a danger you've chosen to inflict on all of us.
純粹是一個威脇——一個你所選擇的，殃及我們所有人的危險分子。

But no such mechanism exists for non-bank financial institutions like AIG whose failure would inflict great economic pain on the nation as a whole.
I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.
我會背，比如說，聯邦條例,我會擡起我的後腿，它在靴子裡顫抖，然後開始背，直到犯錯，於是，我就會被批評嚴懲，自尊完全被這個怪物踐踏了,他對其他人也會如此加注痛苦。
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Whether it is intended or not, the missile launches serve as an implicit reminder to South Korea of the North's ability to inflict massive damage on very short notice.

Who knows what burdens a negative ruling or stern pronouncement from the bench may inflict on the brand?
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