suffer

英 ['sʌfə(r)] 美 [ ˈsʌfɚ]

vi.受痛苦；受损害；变糟；变差

vt.忍受；容忍；容许；遭受

遭受； 容许； 受苦； 受到

过去式：suffered

过去分词：suffered

现在分词：suffering

第三人称单数：suffers

stand,bear,endure,tolerate,suffer,abide,withstand

这些动词均含“忍受”之意.

stand：口语用词,常可与bear换用,但前者侧重指经受得起,后者强调容忍,是普通用语.

endure：书面用词,指长时间忍受痛苦和不幸,着重体力或意志力的坚强不屈服.

tolerate：指以自我克制的态度,对待令人反感或厌恶的东西,含默认宽容意味.

suffer：通常指非自愿或被迫忍受各种痛苦、困难或不快,强调受到苦难.

abide：指忍受长期的痛苦或折磨,强调耐心和屈从.多用于否定句和疑问句中.

withstand：指因具有一定实力、权力或能力而能忍受某种情况.

undergo,experience,sustain,suffer

这些动词均有“经历,经受,遭受”之意.

undergo：多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险等事.

experience：指亲身经受或体验某事.

sustain：指遭受痛苦或承受负担

1.Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.

人类在探索真理过程中必然会遭受挫折.

2.It was a progressive disease and he would suffer more and more.

病情逐渐加剧,他将忍受越来越大的痛苦.

3.Jacelin seems to delight in making other people suffer.

杰斯林似乎以使他人痛苦为乐.

4.Thousands of children in the world today suffer needlessly.

当今世界有成千上万的儿童遭受着不必要的痛苦.

5.A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer.

被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的.

suffering

英 [ˈsʌfərɪŋ] 美 [ˈsʌfərɪŋ,ˈsʌfrɪŋ]

n.受苦,遭难；苦楚,苦难；令人痛苦的事

v.受苦(suffer的现在分词)；蒙受

adj.受苦的；患病的

饱受； 痛苦； 患上； 苦难

复数：sufferings

(肉体或内心的)痛苦,苦难,折磨

Suffering is serious pain which someone feels in their body or their mind.

They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering...他们开始从痛苦的梦魇中慢慢恢复过来.