pain and suffering• Berg is suing the hospital for $500,000 for pain and suffering.• In such cases virtually the whole award would have been for pain and suffering.• In some states, claims for pain and suffering were outlawed entirely or severely limited.• Perhaps this was because automobiles can not sue for pain and suffering, no matter how severe their injury.• You can't find an example of pain and suffering, compared to our Westernart where pathos is everywhere.• However, any treatment to relieve pain and suffering may well be justified even if this leads to an earlier death.• She never admitted that Edwin was an alcoholic, never talked about the pain and suffering his drinking had caused the family.• Despite their pain and suffering, they have got out - they have got away.• I imagined myself traveling the world, giving succor wherever there was pain and suffering.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SUFFERING | VERB + SUFFERING | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, immense, intense, massive, real, terrible, unbearable, unimaginable, untold巨大的痛苦;極大的痛苦;強烈的痛苦;無法承受的痛苦;無法想像的痛苦;難以形容的痛苦;難以言說的痛苦▸➤needless, unnecessary不必要的痛苦▸➤widespread普遍的苦難➤endless, prolonged無窮的/無盡的痛苦➤eternal永遠的苦難◇eternal suffering in hell地獄裏永遠的苦難➤individual, personal個人苦難▸➤animal, human動物的/人類的苦難▸➤emotional, mental, physical感情上的/精神上的/肉體上的痛苦◇The taunts of her schoolmates caused her intense mental suffering.同學的嘲笑使她精神上極度痛苦。... OF SUFFERING➤amount, degree, level痛苦的多少;痛苦程度◇The West has contributed to the immense amount of suffering in underdeveloped countries.西方世界給欠發達國家帶來了巨大的痛苦。VERB + SUFFERING➤cause (sb), inflict導致(某人)遭受痛苦;使遭受痛苦▸➤increase增加痛苦➤prolong延長苦難▸➤alleviate, ease, minimize, reduce, relieve減輕痛苦;緩解痛苦;盡可能減少痛苦;減少痛苦◇These pills should relieve his suffering for a couple of hours.這些藥片應該能夠使他的痛苦緩解幾個小時。➤eliminate, end, stop消除/結束/停止痛苦▸➤endure, experience忍受/經歷痛苦➤see, witness看見/目睹苦難➤share, share in分擔痛苦◇We all share in the suffering of our people.我們都分擔着人民的痛苦。PHRASES➤pain and suffering苦難◇His life was one of pain and suffering.他的一生充滿了苦難。