单词详解
1. vt.
A.遭受，经历 (undergo or be subjected to)
He suffered many humiliations before he became a football star.
他在成为足球名将前受过许多屈辱。
B. (常用于否定句) 忍受 [endure (emotional pain)]
I cannot suffer such rudeness. 我不能容忍这种粗鲁的举止。
She couldn’t suffer criticism. 她受不了批评。
2. vi.
A.受苦，患病[(+from)] [undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)]
He suffered from poverty all his life. 他一生受贫穷之苦。
My father suffers from high blood pressure. 我父亲有高血压。
They suffered a great deal in those days. 那时他们吃了不少苦。
She is suffering from sleeplessness because of the great pressure.
由于压力大，她正遭受失眠之苦。
B.受损害，受损失，变糟[(+for/from)] (get worse)
This scientific instrument suffered severely. 这部科学仪器受到严重损坏。
His business suffered greatly during the war. 他的生意在战争中蒙受了重大损失。
相关词组
1. suffer from 忍受，遭受；患……病；受……之苦
She suffered from a liver ailment. 她肝部有点小毛病。
2. suffer fever 发烧
The little child suffered a low fever. 小孩发低烧了。
相关单词
名词：sufferer
过去式：suffered
过去分词：suffered
现在分词：suffering
第三人称单数：suffers
相关链接
词语辨析：stand, bear, suffer
词语辨析：undergo, experience, suffer
stand, bear, suffer
作动词，都有“容忍，忍受”的意思。
stand: 口语用词，常可与bear换用，但侧重指经受得起。
bear: 强调容忍，是普通用语。
suffer: 通常指非自愿或被迫忍受各种痛苦、困难或不快，强调受到苦难。
词语详解
1. stand: 口语用词，常可与bear换用，但侧重指经受得起。
I can’t stand the children’s noise here. 我忍受不了这里孩子们的吵闹声了。
2. bear: 强调容忍，是普通用语。
He can’t bear being laughed at. 他无法忍受遭人嘲笑。
3. suffer: 通常指非自愿或被迫忍受各种痛苦、困难或不快，强调受到苦难。
How can you suffer such insolence? 你怎么能容忍这种蛮横的态度？
undergo, experience, suffer
作动词，都有“经受，遭受”的意思。
undergo: 多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险等事。
experience: 指亲身经受或体验某事。
suffer: 常可与sustain通用，尤指受到损害或伤害。
词语详解
1. undergo: 多指经受艰难、痛苦、不愉快或危险等事。
These soldiers will undergo a long period of testing and training.
这些士兵要经历长时间的测验和训练。
2. experience: 指亲身经受或体验某事。
The old man has experienced much since he was young. 这位老人从年轻时候起，经历了很多。
3. suffer: 常可与sustain通用，尤指受到损害或伤害。
I won’t stand by and let you suffer like this. 我不会袖手旁观，让你这样受苦。
典型例句
She suffered from loneliness, but she had to learn to like it there.
她深受孤独之苦，但在那儿她不得不学会喜欢孤独。
① (2015·高考江苏卷·阅读理解C) One of the most important factors that influenced their satisfaction as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions. 在影响自愿者满意度的因素中，最重要的一个就是他们在自愿者的岗位上所经历痛苦的量。
②He has suffered from the lung cancer for many years.
③The sufferer has decided to give up smoking.
④Having suffered from the lung cancer for many years, the sufferer has decided to give up smoking.
(用非谓语动词短语作状语连接上面②③句)
suffer pain/defeat/hardship/damage
遭受痛苦/失败/艰难/破坏
写作链接
In the past several weeks, many cities in Northern China have been suffering from heavy fogs, causing great inconvenience to people.
在过去的几个星期里，中国北方的许多城市一直受到浓雾天气的困扰，给人们带来了极大的不便。
