n. 受苦,遭難;苦楚,苦難;令人痛苦的事;
v. 受苦(suffer的現在分詞);蒙受;
adj. 受苦的;患病的;
?? suf在下面+fer帶+ ing表名詞 →suffer帶到下面去受苦+ing表名詞\r\n → 受難
"He was suffering from chronic bronchitis."
他患有慢性支氣管炎。
近義:heartache, heartbreak, misery, oppression, oppressiveness, pain
反義:hilarity, jollification, jolliness, jollity, joyance, joyfulness
n. 失敗,不及格;缺乏,不足;破產,倒閉;失敗的事,失敗者;
?? fail犯錯誤,欺騙+ure名詞后綴→錯誤狀態→失敗
"The Prime Minister expressed her regret at the failure of the talks."
首相對談判失敗表示遺憾.
近義:impairment, malfunction, breakdown, diddly, damage, turkey
反義:hit, arrival, success, trump, vanquishing, victory
n. 恥辱, 丟臉, 謙卑
近義:indignity, insult, mortification, offense, reproach, revilement
反義:honesty, honorableness, honour, honourableness, dignity, applause