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suffering + noun
suffering 作定语放在名词前，强调‘正在受苦的’。
The suffering children were given medical care.
那些受苦的孩子得到了医疗照顾。
痛苦的；受苦的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
痛苦的；受苦的
experiencing pain or distress
The suffering children were given medical care.
那些受苦的孩子得到了医疗照顾。
经历痛苦；以痛苦为特征
Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
The suffering patients waited quietly in the hospital corridor.
受苦的病人们安静地在医院走廊里等候。
Her suffering face told us the bad news before she spoke.
她痛苦的表情在她开口之前就告诉了我们这个坏消息。
After the drought, the suffering farmers stared at the dry fields.
干旱过后，受苦的农民们凝视着干裂的田地。
suffering 作定语放在名词前，强调‘正在受苦的’。
The suffering children were given medical care.
那些受苦的孩子得到了医疗照顾。
作表语时，描述主语处于痛苦的状态。注意，此处 suffering 是形容词，不是进行时。
The injured animal is suffering and needs immediate help.
那只受伤的动物正在受苦，需要立即帮助。
suffering from 后接造成痛苦的原因，如疾病、灾难、高温等。这个搭配很常见，也可理解为‘因…而受苦’。
Many people are suffering from the intense heat this summer.
今年夏天许多人正遭受酷热之苦。
Not this
I had a suffering experience in the hospital.
Use this
I had a painful experience in the hospital.
suffering 作形容词时表示“正承受痛苦的”，通常修饰人或动物，不能修饰 experience（经历本身不会痛苦）；表达“令人痛苦的经历”应用 painful。
Not this
My legs are suffering after the long run.
Use this
My legs are painful after the long run.
suffering 的主语应是能感受到痛苦的人或动物，说身体部位疼痛时应用 painful；若想用 suffer，可说 I am suffering from leg pain。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
受苦的人们
The organization provides aid to suffering people in war zones.
该组织为战区的受苦民众提供援助。
受苦的动物
The vet treated suffering animals with great care.
兽医非常细心地治疗受苦的动物。
痛苦的表情
She had a suffering expression as she waited for the news.
她在等待消息时露出痛苦的表情。
受苦的人类
The novel portrays the struggles of suffering humanity.
这部小说描绘了受苦人类的挣扎。
成功带来的烦恼；因成功而苦恼（常带讽刺意味）
I got so many offers that I'm suffering from success.
我收到了太多邀请，真是成功带来的烦恼。
默默承受痛苦；独自忍受
She was suffering in silence for months before asking for help.
她默默承受了好几个月才开口求助。
不愿容忍愚蠢之人；对蠢人没有耐心
The professor is known for not suffering fools gladly in her lectures.
那位教授在课堂上对蠢人素来没有耐心，是出了名的。
尽管世界充满苦难，但它也充满了对苦难的克服。
Helen Keller wrote this line about suffering in her 1903 essay 'Optimism'.
海伦·凯勒在1903年的散文《乐观》中写下了这句关于苦难的话。
痛苦不可避免，受苦则是一种选择。
Haruki Murakami uses this saying about suffering in his memoir 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running'.
村上春树在他的回忆录《当我谈跑步时我谈些什么》中用这句话来谈论痛苦。
Use suffering naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
suffer就是“受苦”，加上-ing像在说“正在受苦的”，想象一个受苦的人脸上写满suffering。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、文学描写、正式演讲 作形容词时通常用于书面或较正式的场合，多用来描述承受痛苦的人或群体；日常口语中更常说 in pain 或 hurt。
True rhyme: buffering shares the same stressed vowel and ending /ʌfɝɪŋ/. Wondering and thundering have the same stressed vowel /ʌ/ and the -ering ending, but the consonant before the ending differs (/nd/ vs /f/), so they do not fully rhyme. Offering has nearly the same spelling ending but a different stressed vowel (/ɔː/ vs /ʌ/), so it is a lookalike, not a rhyme.
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