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单词 suffered
释义
suffered
past simple and past participle ofsuffer
suffer
verb
uk
/ˈsʌf.ər/us
/ˈsʌf.ɚ/

sufferverb(FEEL PAIN)

B1[I]
toexperiencephysicalormentalpain:
Ithinkhe suffered a lot when hiswifelefthim.
She suffers in thewinterwhen it'scoldand herjointsgetstiff.
She's been sufferingfrom(= beenillwith)cancerfor twoyears.
Johnny suffersfrom(= is oftenillwith)asthma.
Do you sufferfrom(= do you have)anyallergies?
If you're nothappywith it, you shouldcomplain. Don't just sufferinsilence(= without saying anything).
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to accept or continue in a situation that is difficult or unpleasant
  • bearI will bear the responsibility for whatever happens.
  • endureShe endured years of hip pain before seeing a surgeon.
  • sufferShe suffers from severe asthma.
  • acceptI have finally accepted that I can't change who he is.
  • resign yourself toI have resigned myself to the fact that I'll never work again.
  • become resigned toPeople have become resigned to the fact that increased security means much longer wait times at airports.
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More examples
  • It's somecomforttoknowthat hediedinstantlyand didn't suffer.
  • We cannotstandidlyby while thesepeoplesuffer.
  • If he is suffering, hecertainlyshowsnooutwardsignof it.
  • She'd sufferedterriblyover theyearsbut it hadn't made herbitter.
  • It'sterribletoseethechildrensuffer.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Being & falling ill
  • acquire
  • be a martyr tosomethingidiom
  • be green around the gillsidiom
  • be hangingidiom
  • be laid upidiom
  • be out of sortsidiom
  • bring
  • KO
  • martyr
  • not a hundred percentidiom
  • pick
  • picksomeone/somethingup
  • predisposed
  • present
  • relapse
  • serious
  • shiver
  • sicken
  • strike
  • succumb
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Experiencing and suffering

sufferverb(EXPERIENCE)

B2[IorT]
toexperienceor show theeffectsof somethingbad:
The Democrats suffered acrushingdefeatin the lastelection.
25policemensufferedminorinjuriesduring theriots.
Thecitysuffered anotherblowlastmonthwith theclosureof thelocalcarfactory.
If you go andeatthreehelpingsofdessert, you'll just have to suffertheconsequences!
[+ obj + -ing verb]I had to suffer herfathermoaningforhalfanhouron thephonelastnight!
When you'reworkingsuchlonghours, it'sinevitablethatyourmarriagewillstartto suffer.
Like a lot of hisfilms, it suffersfrombeing toolong.
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  • Pregnant women often suffer fromirondeficiency.
  • No one should have to suffer suchdegradingtreatment.
  • Do you suffer frommigraine?
  • She wasadmittedtohospitalsuffering fromshock.
  • He hashelpedpatientssuffering fromanxiety,depression, andeatingdisorders.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Experiencing and suffering
  • (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
  • be a martyr tosomethingidiom
  • be a victim ofyourown successidiom
  • bear
  • count
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • get/haveyourfingers burnedidiom
  • go through
  • grip
  • hands-on
  • horse
  • practical
  • run up againstsomething
  • seat-of-the-pants
  • see lifeidiom
  • stricken
  • taste
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Idiom

not suffer fools gladly
(Definition ofsufferedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsuffered

suffered

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Apparently, the abbey hadsufferedfrom the loss of seasonal pastures, a recurring but disastrous phenomenon.
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Under that circumstance, both quality of caregiving and infant developmentsuffered.
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His reputationsufferedafter his death (his style did not develop during the last few decades of his life) and has still not been rehabilitated.
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Unfortunately shesufferedcomplications in a later pregnancy and the stitch had to be removed.
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Older infants may be more likely to have moved around to different foster homes and thus to havesufferedmore disruptions than younger infants.
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Many thussufferedfrom the violence of the liberation forces.
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Those who hadsufferedat some time with kwashiorkor showed a significantly higher mean interval previous to the birth, compared with those who had not.
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I don't think that my research hassufferedbecause of the editorship.
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On a personal level, it is clear that those whosufferedfrom state brutality were simultaneously demonised and dehumanised by the regime.
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His work is a chore to besufferedand is hard to come to terms with.
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Of 1037 subjects between 68-100 years, 22.3%sufferedfrom back symptoms on most days.
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Persistent psychological disturbance was related not so much to personal loss as to the degree of damagesufferedby the community as a whole.
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In fact, he has alwayssufferedthis condition; what is new is his perception of it, and its internalization.
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Large-sized pioneer species dominating early successional standssufferedgreater damage and mortality, but these same species were observed as seedlings in newly formed canopy gaps.
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The final population included 35 women and 7 men, the majority of whomsufferedfrom malignant breast tumors (34 persons).
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