bedevil

1. V-T If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time. 長(zhǎng)期攪擾[正式]

His career was bedevilled by injury. 他的事業(yè)深受傷痛的睏擾。

...a problem that has bedevilled service industries for decades. ...一個(gè)數(shù)十年來睏擾服務(wù)業(yè)的問題。