英语词汇“suffer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	suffer
释义	suf·fer \ˈsəfə(r)\ verb (suffered ; suffered ; suffering \-f(ə)riŋ\ ; suffers) Etymology: Middle English soffren, suffren, sufferen, from Old French soffrir, souffrir, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin sufferire, from Latin sufferre to bear up, endure, suffer, from sub- up + ferre to bear — more at sub-, bear *transitive verb* 1. : to submit to or be forced to endure the infliction, imposition, or penalty of : bear as a victim < suffer martyrdom > < suffer a year's imprisonment > : to be subjected to physical or mental pain because of : endure with distress < suffer thirst > < suffer insults > : to feel keenly or acutely < suffer pain of body > < suffer grief of mind > : labor under < the greatest handicap which our side suffers in entering the political conference — Willson Woodside > 2. : to go or pass through (as harm or loss) : undergo < most or all genes suffer mutational changes from time to time — Theodosius Dobzhansky > : experience < the company suffered a 35 drop in sales the first quarter V — Wall Street Journal > : sustain < records that had suffered damage during storage > 3. : to endure or undergo without sinking : have power to resist or sustain : to bear up under : support < suffer through half an hour of standing in line for the sake of a five-minute ride > — used chiefly in negative statements < shrubs that cannot suffer a cold winter > < never able to suffer the slightest pain > 4. a. : not to forbid or hinder : allow, permit < in later years suffered his beard to grow long — K.W.Colgrove > b. : to put up with : tolerate < too proud of its revolutionary tradition to suffer dictatorship gladly — W.L.Burn > 5. chiefly dialect : to cause pain or suffering to *intransitive verb* 1. : to submit to or endure death, affliction, penalty, or pain or distress < contracted rheumatoid arthritis and suffered intensely > < make him suffer for his mistake > sometimes : to endure such willingly or patiently < martyrs who suffered for Christ's sake > 2. : to be the one acted upon as distinguished from the one acting < matter cannot act — it can only suffer > 3. : to sustain loss or damage < business suffers greatly from a long-continued depression > 4. a. : to be in a state of disability (as from ill health, anxiety, error) : be subject to something disabling < too many of them suffer from nervous or heart disabilities — H.W.Baldwin > < suffers from the fallacy of supposing that everyone feels as he does > b. : to be at a disadvantage : labor under a handicap < for years the school had suffered from lack of funds — American Guide Series: Michigan > < the story suffers by comparison with the shorter ones — Louise Anderson > < the men … suffered from no lack of self-esteem — Van Wyck Brooks > Synonyms: see bear, experience, let
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