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痛苦,苦難

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Suffering}.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir,
   F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub
   under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See {Bear} to
   support.]
   1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit
      to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain
      of body, or grief of mind.

   2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to
      sustain; to bear up under.

            Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer
            and support our pains.                --Milton.

   3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience;
      as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to
      air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.

            If your more ponderous and settled project May
            suffer alteration.                    --Shak.

   4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

            Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not
            suffer sin upon him.                  --Lev. xix.
                                                  17.

            I suffer them to enter and possess.   --Milton.

   Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit;
        tolerate. See {Permit}.

Suffering \Suf"fer*ing\, n.
   The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured;
   distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or
   sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. ``Souls in
   sufferings tried.'' --Keble.

Suffering \Suf"fer*ing\, a.
   Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
   -- {Suf"fer*ing*ly}, adv.

資料來源 : WordNet®

suffering
     adj 1: troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
     2: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
        miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
        "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn: {miserable},
         {wretched}]
     n 1: a state of acute pain [syn: {agony}, {excruciation}]
     2: misery resulting from affliction [syn: {woe}]
     3: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
        great distress" [syn: {distress}, {hurt}]
     4: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: {hurt}]