suffering

英 ['sʌfərɪŋ] 美 ['sʌfərɪŋ]

• n. 痛苦；受难

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of acute pain

2. misery resulting from affliction

3. psychological suffering;

   "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
   

4. feelings of mental or physical pain

Adjective:

1. troubled by pain or loss;

   "suffering refugees"
   

2. very unhappy; full of misery;

   "he felt depressed and miserable"
   "a message of hope for suffering humanity"
   "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He watched her suffering with clinical detachment.
   他冷漠地看著她遭受的痛苦。
2. Her words mitigated my suffering.
   她的话减轻了我的痛苦。
3. She bore her sufferings bravely.
   她勇敢地承受艰难困苦。
4. To some life means pleasure, to others suffering.
   对一些人来说，人生的意义是享乐，对另外一些人来说则是受苦。

词汇搭配

• economic suffering 经济困苦
• suffer 遭受
• long-suffering 长期受苦的

近反义词

【近义词】

• agony 极度的痛苦
• pain 痛苦
• anguish 苦闷
• misery 痛苦
• sorrow 悲伤
• grief 悲痛
• distress 不幸
• woe 悲哀
• torment 苦痛
• persecution 迫害
• affliction 痛苦
• travail 分娩的痛苦
• ailing 生病的
• penalty 处罚
• connivance 默许
• pang （肉体上的）剧痛...
• anxiety 焦虑
• hell 地狱
• hurt 损害
• wretched 可怜的
• miserable 痛苦的
• excruciation 折磨