詞彙精選：suffer的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
受痛苦，受損害 [I]
例句：
She suffered greatly as a child.
她童年深受苦難。
例句：
He is never able to suffer the slightest pain.
他從來是一點點疼痛都忍受不住。
變糟，變差 [I]
例句：
The engine suffered severely as a result.
結果，發動機受到嚴重損壞。
例句：
His business suffered greatly during the war.
戰爭期間他的業務受到巨大的損失。
遭受，忍受 [I,T]
例句：
She suffered multiple injuries in the car accident.
她在車禍中多處受傷。
例句：
He suffered the humiliation of being forced to resign.
他蒙受了被迫辭職的羞辱。
經歷，經驗 [I,T]
例句：
We live in a world where people suffer all kinds of misfortunes.
我們生活的這個世界，人們會經歷各種的不幸。
例句：
But ultimately, China and the west suffer from the same problem.
但最終，中國和西方都在經歷同樣的問題。
二、詞義辨析：
undergo,experience,sustain,suffer
這些動詞均有“經歷，經受，遭受”之意。undergo多指經受艱難、痛苦、不愉快或危險等事。experience指親身經受或體驗某事。sustain指遭受痛苦或承受負擔。suffer常可與sustain通用，尤指受到損害或傷害。
三、參考例句：
to suffer from headaches
頭痛
You must suffer the test.
你必須經受考驗。
Many people suffer from stress.
許多人被巨大的精神壓力所折磨。
Many adolescents suffer from acne.
很多青少年患有痤瘡。
Perhaps you suffer from overwork.
或許你是工作過度了。
He could not suffer criticism.
他不能忍受別人批評他。
She couldn't suffer criticism.
她受不了批評。
Many teenagers suffer from stress.
許多青少年被巨大的精神壓力所折磨。
Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.
飲酒過度的人常陣陣失去記憶力。
An idle soul shall suffer hunger.
懶惰之人必受飢餓之苦。
