bedevil

1. V-T If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time. 长期搅扰[正式]

His career was bedevilled by injury. 他的事业深受伤痛的困扰。

...a problem that has bedevilled service industries for decades. ...一个数十年来困扰服务业的问题。