suffer UK ['sʌf.ər] US [-ɚ] verb FEEL PAIN 感觉痛 ESSENTIAL intransitive ■to experience physical or mental pain 受苦;受折磨•I think he suffered quite a lot when his wife left him.我想他妻子离开他时,他一定很痛苦。 •She suffers terribly in the winter when it's cold and her joints get stiff.冬天天气寒冷,她的关节会变得僵硬,这让她非常难受。 •She's been suffering from (= been ill with) cancer for two years.她患癌症已经两年了。 •Johnny suffers from (= is often ill with) asthma.约翰尼患有哮喘。 •If you're not happy with it, you should complain. Don't just suffer in silence (= without saying anything).如果你不喜欢,应该说出来。别闷在心里。 UK ['sʌf.ər] US [-ɚ] verb EXPERIENCE 经历 IMPROVER intransitive or transitive ■to experience or show the effects of something bad 经历,经受,遭受(坏事)•The Democrats suffered a crushing defeat in the last election.民主党在上次选举中惨败。 •Twenty-five policemen suffered minor injuries during the protest.抗议事件中有25名员警受到轻伤。 •The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.当地汽车厂上个月倒闭,这是该市受到的又一打击。 •If you will insist on eating three helpings of dessert, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the consequences !如果你坚持要吃三份甜点,恐怕你会自作自受! •[+ obj + -ing verb] I had to suffer her father moaning for half an hour on the phone last night!昨晚我不得不忍受她父亲在电话里唠叨抱怨了半个小时! •When you're working such long hours, it's inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer.你老是这么加班,婚姻难免会受影响。 •Like a lot of his films, it suffers from being a bit too long.和他的其他很多电影一样,这部电影也是有点太长了。 UK ['sʌf.ər] US [-ɚ] verb not suffer fools gladly ■to have very little patience with people who you think are silly or have stupid ideas 不愿迁就笨人,不能容忍愚蠢者 |