suffering

柯林斯词典

1. N-UNCOUNT Suffering is serious pain which someone feels in their body or their mind. 痛苦[also N in pl]
They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering. 他们开始从痛苦的噩梦中慢慢恢复过来。
It has caused terrible suffering to animals. 它已给动物们造成了可怕的痛苦。
2. →see also long-suffering

Now she is at peace and her suffering is over.
After months of suffering, his death was a mercy .
The idea is to kill the animal as quickly as possible without causing unnecessary suffering.
The drugs did nothing to alleviate her suffering.
No report can convey the unspeakable suffering that this war has caused .