suffering

柯林斯詞典

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. 他們開始從痛苦的噩夢中慢慢恢復過來。
It has caused terrible suffering to animals. 它已給動物們造成了可怕的痛苦。
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 .