1.suffer表示遭受或承受、蒙受时，后面直接的对象一般不是疾病，而是其他一些对人不利或有害的事物，如He suffered pain/defeat/adversity/death/loss of respect/insolence/hard ships.他遭受痛苦/失败/不幸/死亡/失去别人的尊敬/（他人的）侮辱/种种苦难。另外，还表示迁就笨人;容忍愚蠢者,如：

He suffered a massive heart attack.

他的心脏病发作很严重。

The party suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election.

该党在大选中惨败。

The company suffered huge losses in the last financial year.

公司在上一财政年度出现巨额亏损。

He suffered loss of memory for weeks after the accident.

事故之后他有几个星期失去记忆。

People suffered many hardships during that long winter.

在那个漫长的冬季，人们吃了很多苦头。

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。

The peace process has suffered a serious blow now.

现在和平进程遭到重创。

She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools.

她不愿与笨人为伍，而在她看来，大多数人都是笨人。

2. suffer from 患……病；受到……损害，折磨（指的是受什么的折磨）

from后接表示患病或具体的受折磨的主体内容。

She suffered from a terrible headache.她头痛得厉害。

She suffers from asthma.她患有哮喘。

He suffers from a serious heart condition.

他患有严重的心脏病。

He suffers from a rare blood disease.

他患有一种罕见的血液病。

She suffered from short sight.

她眼睛近视。

He suffered from poor eyesight and could no longer read properly.

他视力不好，再也不能正常阅读了。

Her mother suffered from migraines.

她的母亲患有偏头痛。

He suffered from a snotty nose, runny eyes and a slight cough.

他又是流鼻涕，又是流眼泪，还有点咳嗽。

He suffered from a stomach disease.

他有胃病。

Many kids suffer from acne and angst.

许多年轻人都会受到青春痘和焦虑的困扰。

Ruth started to suffer from dizzy spells.

鲁思开始感到一阵阵的眩晕。

He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite.

他患有头痛和食欲不振。

She suffered from shortness of breath.

她患有气急的毛病。

He suffered from hypertension and accompanying heart problems.

他患有高血压和由此引起的心脏问题。

He suffered from diabetes and gastric ulcers.

他患有糖尿病和胃溃疡。

He suffered from curvature of the spine.

脊柱弯曲使他痛苦不堪。

Many women suffer from premenstrual tension/ syndrome, causing headaches and depression.

许多妇女患月经前紧张/综合征，引起头疼和情绪低落。

About 70% of women suffer from premenstrual syndrome.

大约70%的女性有经前综合征。

I suffer from dizzy spells.

我患有阵发性头晕。

Those suffering from infectious diseases were separated from the other patients.

传染病患者同其他病人隔离开来。

She suffered from severe depression after losing her job.

她失业后患了严重的抑郁症。

I suffered from severe bouts of depression.

我曾患有严重的抑郁症。

Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression.

就一些女性患抑郁症的原因，各种说法纷至沓来。

The operation was successfully performed, but the patient suffered from shock.

手术进行良好，但病人发生了休克现象。

He suffered from suffusion of blood on the brain.

他患脑溢血。

She was intelligent but suffered from a lack of ambition.

她很聪明，但却缺乏远大志向。

Britain has suffered from a poverty of ambition.

英国一直缺乏远大理想。

He suffered from hunger.

他饿极了。

Most parts of African countries have suffered from drought in recent years.

近几年来非洲大部分地区都久旱无雨。

The country suffered from a severe economic crisis.

该国遭受了严重的经济危机。

Both countries suffer from soaring unemployment, large budget deficits and wobbly financial sectors.

两国都深受失业率飙升、预算赤字拉大以及财政岌岌可危之苦。

Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff.

许多公司苦于缺乏熟练员工。

They used to suffer greatly from natural calamities.他们过去经常遭受天灾。

He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer.

他最终被诊断出患了晚期癌症。

Many people suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives.

许多人在人生的某个阶段都会得精神病。

Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?

你生活中的压力太大吗？

In these days of technological change we all suffer from information overload.

在这科技日新月异的时代，过多的信息使人人都应接不暇。

A lot of students suffer from exam nerves.

许多学生考试怯阵。

Your enjoyment of a novel can suffer from too much analysis and dissection.

对一部小说过多的剖析可能会影响你对它的欣赏。

He suffered from an oppressively dominant mother.

他那武断专横的母亲令他苦不堪言。

Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.

莫里斯先生说遇难者因为一个极其严重的失误而遭遇不幸。

Many immigrants suffer from a sense of alienation.

许多移民因感到不容于社会而苦恼。

They suffer from health problems and fear the long term effects of radiation.

他们遭受着健康问题的困扰并且害怕辐射的长期影响。

Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.

另外还有数百万人因工作时间过长而睡眠严重不足。

Refugees settling in Britain suffer from a number of problems.

在英国定居的难民面临很多问题。

All children will tend to suffer from separation from their parents and siblings.

所有的孩子和他们的父母及兄弟姐妹分开后往往都会难过。

3. suffer for 因……而遭受恶果（指的是suffer的原因）He will suffer for his sins/stubbornness/insolence.

他将为他的罪行/固执/（对他人的）无礼而吃苦头的。

You shall suffer for this. 你会为此事吃苦头的。

If you act rashly, you'll suffer for it.

蛮干是要吃苦头儿的。

He made a rash decision and now he is suffering for it.

他当初草率决定，现在吃苦头了。

Kings go mad and the people suffer for it.

国王发狂，百姓遭殃。〔 谚语〕