Endure 用法搭配详解
1. 基本含义
Endure 是一个正式用语,主要表示“忍受;忍耐;持久;持续”。它既可以指忍受痛苦、困难等负面事物,也可以表示某物或某种状态持续存在。
2. 常见搭配结构
- endure + 名词/代词(直接宾语)
表示忍受某种痛苦、困难、噪音等。
She endured great pain during the surgery.
- endure + 动名词(-ing)
表示忍受某种持续的行为或状态。
I can’t endure waiting any longer.
- endure + to do(较少见,多用于否定或疑问)
How can you endure to live in such a noisy place?
- be endured by someone(被动语态)
The harsh conditions were barely endured by the explorers.
3. 常见搭配短语
- endure hardship / suffering / pain / loneliness
- endure criticism / abuse / injustice
- endure for years / decades(表示持续)
- hard to endure / difficult to endure
- cannot endure(无法忍受)
4. 实用例句
- He endured the cold winter without heating.
- Few people can endure working 16 hours a day.
- The tradition has endured for over 300 years.
- Her courage and determination helped her endure the loss.
- This material will endure heavy use.
5. 同义词辨析
Bear:更口语化,常用于日常对话。
I can’t bear the noise anymore.
Stand:语气更强,常含“容忍”之意,多用于否定句。
I can’t stand his arrogance.
Tolerate:强调克制地接受,不一定有痛苦感。
She tolerates his bad habits for the sake of the children.
Endure:较正式,强调长时间承受痛苦或困难,或事物持久存在。
6. 注意事项
• “Endure” 在现代英语中多用于书面语或正式场合,日常口语中更常用 “bear” 或 “stand”。
• 当表示“持续存在”时,endure 是不及物动词,不接宾语:
Their friendship endured through thick and thin.