Word · Frequency #4466
Fully loadedsuffering
痛苦；苦难
the state of experiencing pain, distress, or misery caused by hardship
- 1.
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
受苦者的状况；痛苦或苦恼的状态
- 2.
a state of acute pain
剧痛的状态
- 3.
misery resulting from affliction
受难所致的痛苦
- 4.
psychological suffering
心理痛苦
心理痛苦；精神痛苦；剧痛；受苦者的状况；痛苦或苦恼的状态；剧痛的状态；受难所致的痛苦
In use
Years of hard work had caused him great mental suffering, but he never complained.
She wrote a book about the sufferings of ordinary people during the famine.
The doctor's gentle voice helped ease the patient's suffering before the surgery.
suffering of sth
常用于指特定人群的苦难。
The suffering of the refugees moved many to action.
难民们的苦难感动了许多人采取行动。
suffering from sth
注意：此处的 suffering 是名词，from 表示原因。
His suffering from chronic pain was evident.
他因慢性疼痛而遭受的痛苦显而易见。
suffering caused by sth
使用被动结构说明苦难的起因。
Connections
Collocations
- cause suffering
- 造成痛苦
- The war caused great suffering among the civilian population.战争给平民带来了巨大的痛苦。
- relieve suffering
- 减轻痛苦
- Doctors work hard to relieve the suffering of their patients.医生们努力减轻病人的痛苦。
- human suffering
- 人类的苦难
- We must find ways to reduce human suffering around the world.我们必须找到减少世界各地人类苦难的方法。
- physical suffering
- 身体上的痛苦
- The patient endured physical suffering without complaint.病人毫无怨言地忍受着身体上的痛苦。
- emotional suffering
- 情感上的痛苦
- She went through a period of intense emotional suffering after the breakup.分手后她经历了一段强烈的情感痛苦。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Suffering 中的 'suff' 与 'suffer' 形近，'ering' 像 'ring'，记作：痛苦之环。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'buffering' rhymes exactly with 'suffering' (both /ˈbʌfərɪŋ/). Words like 'offering' (/ˈɔfərɪŋ/), 'referring' (/rɪˈfɜrɪŋ/), 'preferring' (/prɪˈfɜrɪŋ/), 'wandering' (/ˈwɑndərɪŋ/), and 'wondering' (/ˈwʌndərɪŋ/) differ in stressed vowel or following consonants.
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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