区别辨析stand、bear、endure、tolerate、suffer、abide与withstand

stand、bear、endure、tolerate、suffer、abide与withstand这些动词均含“忍受”之意。

stand : 口语用词,常可与bear换用,但前者侧重指经受得起,后者强调容忍,是普通用语。

  • 他讲演的大部分时间都在反驳对他外交政策的批评。但他的主要论点经不起认真推敲。
    He spent most of his speech rebutting criticisms of his foreign policy. But his main argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.

endure : 书面用词,指长时间忍受痛苦和不幸,着重体力或意志力的坚强不屈服。

  • 1840年鸦片战争以后,中国逐步成为半殖民地半封建社会,国家蒙辱、人民蒙难、文明蒙尘,中华民族遭受了前所未有的劫难。
    After the Opium War of 1840, however, China was gradually reduced to a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society and suffered greater ravages than ever before. The country endured intense humiliation, the people were subjected to great pain, and the Chinese civilization was plunged into darkness.
    ——习近平在庆祝中国共产党成立100周年大会上的讲话

tolerate : 指以自我克制的态度,对待令人反感或厌恶的东西,含默认宽容意味。

  • There is a limit to what one person can tolerate.
    一个人的容忍是有限度的。
  • I don't know how you tolerate that noise!
    我不知道你怎么能忍受那样的噪音!

suffer : 通常指非自愿或被迫忍受各种痛苦、困难或不快,强调受到苦难。

  • Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.
    几天的时间,她就病得很严重了,疼痛难忍,周身不舒服。

abide : 指忍受长期的痛苦或折磨,强调耐心和屈从。多用于否定句和疑问句中。

  • 一想到关在一个恶毒谣言层出不穷的办公室里工作,他就觉得受不了。
    He couldn't abide the thought of being cooped up in an office rife with vicious gossip.

延伸阅读:小词详解 | abide

withstand : 指因具有一定实力、权力或能力而能忍受某种情况。

  • 这些坚固的城墙可以抵挡持续的炮火突袭。
    These staunch walls could withstand a sustained blitz of cannon fire.