suffers

英 [ˈsʌfəz]

美 [ˈsʌfərz]

v.  (因疾病、痛苦、悲伤等)受苦，受难，受折磨; 遭受; 蒙受; 变差; 变糟
suffer的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 遭受，经受(疼痛);感到(痛苦)
  If yousufferpain, you feel it in your body or in your mind.
  1. Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort...
     几天的时间，她就病得很严重了，疼痛难忍，周身不舒服。
  2. Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?
     你能保证我父亲不会受罪吗？
• VERB (因疾病或处于其他不利境地而)受苦，受难，受折磨
  If yousuffer froman illness or from some other bad condition, you are badly affected by it.
  1. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer...
     他最终被诊断出患了晚期癌症。
  2. I realized he was suffering from shock.
     我意识到他休克了。
• VERB 遭遇，遭受，蒙受(不好的事)
  If yousuffersomething bad, you are in a situation in which something painful, harmful, or very unpleasant happens to you.
  1. The peace process has suffered a serious blow now...
     现在和平进程遭到重创。
  2. Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.
     罗马尼亚在为其改革努力寻求经济援助时再次受挫。
• VERB 受挫;遭受打击
  If yousuffer, you are badly affected by an event or situation.
  1. There are few who have not suffered...
     谁都会经受挫折。
  2. It is obvious that Syria will suffer most from this change of heart.
     很明显，这一态度的转变对叙利亚的影响最大。
• VERB (因不够关注或处于不利境况而)失利，失败，不成功
  If somethingsuffers, it does not succeed because it has not been given enough attention or is in a bad situation.
  1. I'm not surprised that your studies are suffering...
     你的功课变得越来越差，我并不感到奇怪。
  2. Without a major boost in tourism, the economy will suffer even further.
     旅游业如果没有大的起色，经济状况会每况愈下。
• See also:suffering
• PHRASE 迁就笨人;容忍愚蠢者
  If you do notsuffer fools gladly, you are not patient with people who you think are stupid.
  1. She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools.
     她不愿与笨人为伍，而在她看来，大多数人都是笨人。

双语例句

• He appears to be strong and healthy, but, as a matter of fact, he suffers from a very weak heart.
  他看上去强健，其实他的心脏很衰弱。
• Our system possibly suffers viral infection, hacker's invasion; this all may create massive loss to us.
  我们的系统随时可能遭受病毒的感染、黑客的入侵，这都可以给我们造成巨大的损失。
• The soul which loves and suffers is in a state of sublimity.
  在恋爱和痛苦中的心灵是处在卓绝的状态中。
• He suffers from acute depression.
  他患有严重的忧郁症。
• Your wife suffers from sars.
  你妻子患了非典。
• Germany suffers from a surplus of teachers.
  德国遭遇了教师过剩的问题。
• In1980 he caught a serious illness from whose effects he still suffers.
  1980年他患了到现在对他仍有影响的重病。
• There are times when the book suffers from excessive authorial control.
  该书曾几次受到作者过多的制约。
• Now he suffers no inconvenience.
  现在他不会觉得不方便了。
• My grandmother suffers from a fatal disease.
  我祖母犯了不治之症。