Word · Frequency #4466
Fully loadedsuffering
痛苦的；受苦的
experiencing pain or distress
- 1.
Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
经历痛苦；以痛苦为特征
经历痛苦；以痛苦为特征
In use
The suffering patients waited quietly in the hospital corridor.
Her suffering face told us the bad news before she spoke.
After the drought, the suffering farmers stared at the dry fields.
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。
be + suffering
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。
be suffering from + [cause]
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’。
Connections
Collocations
- suffering people
- 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。
- suffering animals
- 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。
- suffering expression
- 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。
- suffering humanity
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- suffering from success
- 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.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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