1、suffer

遭受，經(jīng)受(疼痛);感到(痛苦)

Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.

幾天的時(shí)間，她就病得很嚴(yán)重了，疼痛難忍，周身不舒服。

Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?

你能保證我父親不會(huì)受罪嗎？

遭遇，遭受，蒙受(不好的事)

The peace process has suffered a serious blow now.

現(xiàn)在和平進(jìn)程遭到重創(chuàng)。

Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.

羅馬尼亞在為其改革努力尋求經(jīng)濟(jì)援助時(shí)再次受挫。

受挫;遭受打擊

There are few who have not suffered.

誰(shuí)都會(huì)經(jīng)受挫折。

It is obvious that Syria will suffer most from this change of heart.

很明顯，這一態(tài)度的轉(zhuǎn)變對(duì)敘利亞的影響最大。

2、sustain

使持續(xù);保持

But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.

而他從青年時(shí)期一直到老年都始終保持著強(qiáng)烈的社會(huì)良知。

The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.

地球上生命可以存活下來(lái)的地域范圍是非常狹小的。

經(jīng)受;遭受;蒙受

Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage.

那里的每架飛機(jī)都受到了一些損壞。

A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.

一位 17 歲的游客在昨天的炸彈爆炸中受傷并于當(dāng)天深夜身亡。