单词 | endure |
释义 | endure —endurer, n. /en door", -dyoor"/, v. , endured, enduring. v.t. 1. to hold out against; sustain without impairment or yielding; undergo: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity. 2. to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate: I cannot endure your insults any longer. 3. to admit of; allow; bear: His poetry is such that it will not endure a superficial reading. v.i. 4. to continue to exist; last: These words will endure as long as people live who love freedom. 5. to support adverse force or influence of any kind; suffer without yielding; suffer patiently: Even in the darkest ages humanity has endured. 6. to have or gain continued or lasting acknowledgment or recognition, as of worth, merit or greatness: His plays have endured for more than three centuries. [1275-1325; ME enduren < AF, OF endurer < L indurare to harden, make lasting, equiv. to in- IN-2 + durare to last, be or become hard, deriv. of durus hard] Syn. 2. stand, support, suffer, brook. See bear1. 4. abide. See continue. Ant. 4. fail, die. |
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