sufferable

/-f(ə)rəbəl/ (ame, mw)

sufferable — 形容詞

  • sufferablepositive
  • more sufferablecomparative
  • most sufferablesuperlative

1. describing a person who is able to accept pain, difficulty, or other people's an

1.形容詞C2
釋義

能忍的

指人能承受苦難而不抱怨

describing a person who is able to accept pain, difficulty, or other people's annoying behaviour without becoming angry or upset.

例句

The elderly fisherman was a sufferable man who sat quietly through every storm.

那位老漁夫是個能忍的人，每場暴風雨都靜靜撐過去。

sufferable + noun describing a person's character

Ada's sufferable attitude toward her difficult colleague surprised the whole office team.

艾達對那位難相處的同事展現出的能忍態度，讓整個辦公室團隊都感到意外。

同義詞
  • long-suffering

    more common and emphatic, especially about enduring others' faults

  • patient

    much more frequent in everyday use; less formal and more general

  • forbearing

    formal, emphasises restraint rather than endurance of pain

反義詞
  • impatient

    common antonym for the patient/enduring aspect

文法句型

sufferable + noun (person)

be sufferable

用法筆記

Predominantly used in literary or formal contexts to describe a person's enduring character. Rare in everyday conversation.

常見錯誤

❌He was sufferable to the pain.
✅He was sufferable in the face of pain.
💡'sufferable' is not followed by a direct prepositional object.

2. permitted by rules, laws, contracts, or accepted standards of behaviour.

2.形容詞C2
釋義

容許的

指行為符合法規而被允許

permitted by rules, laws, contracts, or accepted standards of behaviour.

例句

Under school policy, two late arrivals per month are sufferable before any formal warning is issued.

根據學校規定，每月遲到兩次是容許的，超過後才會收到正式警告。

sufferable + under [rule/regulation]

Eitan checked the rental agreement to see if keeping a pet in the flat was sufferable.

伊坦查閱租約，確認在公寓裡養寵物是否是容許的。

同義詞
  • permissible

    much more common in everyday legal language

  • allowable

    more frequent and more natural in modern English

反義詞

文法句型

be sufferable + under [rule/law]

not sufferable

用法筆記

Frequently appears in legal or administrative contexts and is often used in the negative form 'not sufferable' to state prohibitions.

常見錯誤

❌Smoking is sufferable in this area.
✅Smoking is not sufferable in this area.
💡'sufferable' in the allowable sense is far more common in the negative.

3. unpleasant or difficult but possible to accept or deal with without giving up.

3.形容詞C1
釋義

可忍受的

情況雖不愉快但還能接受

unpleasant or difficult but possible to accept or deal with without giving up.

例句

The heat in the kitchen was uncomfortable but sufferable once Tomás opened both windows.

廚房裡的高溫很不舒服，但湯馬斯把兩扇窗戶都打開後，就還算可忍受的。

contrast: uncomfortable but sufferable

Léa found her roommate's loud music barely sufferable and decided to buy noise-cancelling earphones.

萊雅覺得室友大聲的音樂幾乎無可忍受，於是決定買降噪耳機。

barely sufferable — common intensifier pattern

同義詞
  • bearable

    more common in everyday speech; less formal

  • tolerable

    the closest synonym and the most frequent choice in modern English

  • endurable

    slightly stronger, suggests a longer period of suffering

  • acceptable

    softer; implies meeting a minimum standard rather than just being survivable

反義詞
  • unbearable

    the most common antonym; much more frequent than 'insufferable'

  • intolerable

    formal, equally strong as unbearable

文法句型

[adverb] + sufferable

be barely / hardly sufferable

用法筆記

This is the most frequent sense in modern usage. Often appears with adverbs like 'barely', 'hardly', or 'quite' to indicate the degree of tolerability.

常見錯誤

❌The pain was sufferable.' (vague)
✅The pain was barely sufferable, but she managed to walk home.
💡add an adverb to show the degree of tolerability.