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

• I think Tessa should plump for Malcolm, her long-suffering admirer.
  我想特莎应该选择长期默默爱慕她的马尔科姆。
• 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。
• That was when Ed decided to evacuate his long-suffering comrade to the nearest city for safe-keeping.
  当时李爱德决定把忍受了长期病痛折磨的同志撤到附近的城市去休养。
• As if one were to begin the day with long-suffering, and hire a man to hoe his potatoes;
  好像一个人，每天一早就要苦修，还雇了一个人来给他种土豆；
• 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。
• Love is long-suffering and kind.
  爱是长久忍耐，和蔼仁慈的。
• He vented his ill-temper on his long-suffering wife.
  他把怒气向长久受苦的妻子发泄。
• Michael's long-suffering soul mate is dead and she ain't comin'back.
  迈克尔长期牵挂的伴侣已经死了永远都不会回来了。
• 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。
• By my third application, I was wincing at the thought of asking my long-suffering mentors to write yet another online paean.
  在我第3次申请时，一想到要请导师再给我写一份网上赞歌就头大。