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| 1 | I/T to feel pain in your body or your mind （身体）感到疼痛；（心中）感到痛苦 |
| Don’ t worry, the animal won’ t suffer any pain. 别担心，这只动物不会感到任何痛苦的。 |
| When parents argue constantly, it’ s the children who suffer most. 父母争吵不休，最遭罪的是孩子们。 |
| | 1a | +fromto have a particular illness or physical problem 患有（疾病等） | | patients suffering from Alzheimer’ s disease 阿尔茨海默病患者 | | She suffered from depression for most of her adult life. 成年之后的绝大部分时间里她备受抑郁症的折磨。 | |
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| 2 | T to experience something very unpleasant or painful 经受，承受，蒙受（非常不愉快或痛苦的事） |
| Some patients suffered severe side-effects from the treatment. 有些病人进行这种治疗产生了严重的副作用。 |
| About one fifth of adults have suffered occasional periods of unemployment. 约有1/5的成年人有过偶尔几次的失业经历。 |
| Our team suffered another humiliating defeat last night. 昨晚我们队又一次遭受惨败。 |
| suffer the consequences If you choose to ignore the rules, you’ ll have to suffer the consequences. 如果你决定不理会这些规则，你将不得不承担后果。 |
| | 2a | I to be badly affected by a very difficult or unpleasant situation 受损害；受损失；受苦 | | a prolonged civil war, in which ordinary people have suffered terribly 使平民百姓痛苦不堪的长期内战 | | +from The region continues to suffer from serious pollution. 这个地区依然遭受着严重的污染。 | |
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| 3 | I to become worse or less successful 变差；变糟；恶化 |
| Ben was constantly away from home on business and, not surprisingly, their relationship suffered. 本总是出差在外，因此他们的关系恶化就不足为奇了。 |
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| 4 | T an old word meaning ‘to allow something’ （古时用语）容许，允许，任凭 |
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| - | not suffer fools gladly BRITISH
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| to not like being with people that you think are stupid |
| 不愿与笨人为伍 |
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