suffer: [13] To suffer something is etymologically to ‘hold it up from underneath’, to ‘sustain’ it’. The word comes via Anglo-Norman suffrir from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, an alteration of Latin sufferre ‘sustain’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘up from underneath’ and ferre ‘carry’ (a relative of English bear). The word’s modern meaning evolved from ‘sustain’ via ‘undergo’ and ‘undergo something unpleasant’ to ‘endure’. => bear
suffer (v.)
mid-13c., "allow to occur or continue, permit, tolerate, fail to prevent or suppress," also "to be made to undergo, endure, be subjected to" (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo-French suffrir, Old French sofrir "bear, endure, resist; permit, tolerate, allow" (Modern French souffrir), from Vulgar Latin *sufferire, variant of Latin sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under," from sub "up, under" (see sub-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer).
Replaced Old English tolian, trowian. Meaning "submit meekly to" is from early 14c. Meaning "undergo, be subject to, be affected by, experience; be acted on by an agent" is from late 14c. Related: Suffered; sufferer; suffering. Suffering ______! as an exclamation is attested from 1859.
例文
1. Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed or chronic show-offs.
ナルシストに苦しめられている人は自分のことだけに集中したり、自慢したりするようになります。
2.If climate changes continue,we will suffer the consequences.
気候変動が続けば、私たちは自業自得です。
3.Of course,the British will suffer such daily stresses patiently.
もちろん、イギリス人はこれらの日常的な圧力に辛抱強く耐えます。
4.It was unfair that he should suffer so much.
彼はこんなに苦労して、とても悔しいです。
5.Feed plants and they grow，neglect them and they suffer .