"patient enduring of pain, inconvenience, loss, etc.," mid-14c.; "undergoing of punishment, affliction, etc.," late 14c., verbal noun from suffer (v.). Meaning "a painful condition, pain felt" is from late 14c.
权威例句
1. They were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
他们因吸入大量烟尘被送往医院。
2. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
有些店我们人手不足,对顾客照顾不周。
3. She was fitted with a pacemaker after suffering serious heart trouble.
她患上严重的心脏病后安装了心脏起搏器。
4. His trial revived memories of French suffering during the war.
他的受审重新勾起了在战争中受苦受难的法国人民的回忆。
5. He was suffering from shock as well as the after-effects of drugs.