long-suffering

英 [ˌlɒŋ ˈsʌfərɪŋ]

美 [ˌlɔːŋ ˈsʌfərɪŋ]

adj.  长期忍受的; 忍耐的

Collins.1

牛津词典

adj.

• 长期忍受的；忍耐的
  bearing problems or another person's unpleasant behaviour with patience
  1. his long-suffering wife
     他那长期受罪的妻子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 长期忍受的；饱受磨难的
  Someone who islong-sufferingpatiently puts up with a lot of trouble or unhappiness, especially when it is caused by someone else.
  1. He went back to Yorkshire to join his loyal, long-suffering wife.
     他回到约克郡，与对他忠贞不贰、饱受磨难的妻子团聚。

英英释义

noun

• patient endurance of pain or unhappiness
  Synonym:long-sufferance

adj

• patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble
  1. an enduring disposition
  2. a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife
  Synonym:enduring

双语例句

• But he owes the long-suffering, still-suffering, country more.
  但是他欠长期受苦、现在仍在受苦的美国人民更多。
• If GM is successful this time, the payoff could be profits long-suffering investors never thought possible.
  如果通用汽车这次能取得成功，带来的可能是望眼欲穿的投资者从来不敢奢望的利润。
• Although he keeps leaving her, his long-suffering girlfriend always takes him back.
  尽管他屡次离开她，但坚忍不拔的女友总是把他接回来。
• This has hitherto been largely accepted by long-suffering voters; social cohesion still appears surprisingly high.
  到目前为止，该计划已基本上为长期受苦的选民所接受，社会凝聚力似乎仍然高得惊人。
• After writing this week about the link between marriage and better sleep, I heard from several skeptical readers who were the long-suffering bed partners of snorers.
  在这周写了关于婚姻与更好睡眠相关性的东西后，我听到了几个长期遭受伴侣夜间鼻鼾困扰的读者对此表示怀疑。
• I don't want to insult anyone by drawing too much of a comparison between myself and the long-suffering Sicilian people.
  我不想把自己和长期受苦的西西里人民拿来比较而侮辱任何人。
• All decent people, whether they backed or opposed the war, must hope this is true for the sake of the long-suffering Iraqis.
  所有正直的人们，包括曾经支持和反对过这场战争的人们，看在长期遭受折磨的伊拉克人的份上，都会希望他们说的是真的。
• Rom.2:4 Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that God's kindness is leading you to repentance?
  罗二4还是你藐视他丰富的恩慈、宽容与恒忍，不晓得神的恩慈是领你悔改？
• Now its interest has waned, with mixed results for the long-suffering people of Nicaragua.
  随着尼加拉瓜长期受难人民错综复杂情绪的出现，当前美国对推翻桑地诺政权的兴趣已是日渐减弱。
• A series of fatal accidents on privately owned buses has pushed New Delhi's long-suffering commuters beyond the limits of tolerance.
  在私下拥有的公共汽车上的一系列的致命意外事件已经推动新德里的坚忍通勤者超过包容的限制。