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suf·fer /ˈsʌfə(r)/ vi. | vt. | phr.
❶ vi.
1. 受痛苦；受疼痛；受苦难；患病
The patient is still suffering. 病人仍很痛苦。
As always in war, the innocent suffered with the guilty. 战争毫无例外地总使无辜的人和罪人一起受苦。
suffer from a headache 患头痛病
2. 受损害，受损失；变差，变糟
suffer from drought 遭受旱灾
His health suffered from overwork. 他的健康因工作过度而受到损害。
The piano suffers for want of use. 这架钢琴因使用太少而在损坏。
Despite her speed, the quality of her work never suffers. 尽管她工作速度很快，但质量从来不差。
3. 受惩罚；受处决；殉难
The boy is suffering for society and fun. 这孩子因交友和贪玩在吃苦头了。
be condemned to suffer on the gallows 被判处绞决
martyrs who suffered for the cause of revolution 为革命事业而殉难的烈士们
4. 处于不利地位，受到妨碍
He suffers by comparison with his greater contemporary. 与比他更伟大的一位同时代人相比，他显得逊色了。
The only people that'll suffer are the car owners. 唯一受不利影响的人将是汽车车主们。
5. 成为作用的对象，承受
6. 〈废〉忍受，容忍
❷ vt.
1. 遭受，蒙受
suffer death 丧命
suffer a setback 受挫
suffer ill-treatment 受到虐待
suffer hunger and cold 受冻挨饿
The company suffered a 35% drop in sales in the first quarter. 该公司第一季度的销售额下降了35%。
2. 经受，经历
suffer a change in staff 调整员工班子
3. 忍受，容忍；承受
She is never able to suffer the slightest pain. 她从来一点点疼痛都忍不住。
These shrubs cannot suffer a cold winter. 这些灌木经不起寒冬。
He will not suffer such insults. 他不会容忍这样的污辱。
You have to suffer the consequences. 你将不得不承担后果。
4. 容许，允许；任凭
suffer sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
He suffered himself to be dissuaded. 他听从了别人的劝阻。
In later years he suffered his beard to grow long. 在以后的几年中他蓄了须。
[< Ang-Fr suffrir < OFr sufrir < L sufferre < SUF- + ferre to bear¹] phr. suffer fools (gladly) 见 fool¹
suffer through 挨过
suffer through a crisis 挨过一场危机 |