To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it.
例句
Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...反叛武裝稱他們使政府軍遭受重創(chuàng)。...the damage being inflicted on Britain's industries by the recession...經(jīng)濟衰退使英國工業(yè)遭受的損失