endure

Compared meaning: to tolerate something unpleasant (verb).

比较义项：忍受、容忍不愉快的事物（动词）。

• suffer

  Fairly formal or literary in this sense, often used with a negative modal (won't/cannot suffer) to show reluctant tolerance of something offensive; less common in everyday speech than bear or endure.

  在这个意义上，suffer 较为正式、带书面色彩，常与否定形式的情态动词连用（won't/cannot suffer），表示不情愿地容忍令人反感的事情；在日常口语中不如 bear 或 endure 常用。

  The teacher would not suffer any disrespect from her students.

  那位老师不愿容忍学生的任何不敬行为。

• bear

  The most common, neutral, everyday word for tolerating pain, discomfort or annoyance, and appears in many fixed collocations like can't bear the heat, noise or pain.

  bear 是最常见、最中性的日常用词，表示忍受疼痛、不适或烦恼，常出现在固定搭配中，如 can't bear the heat/noise/pain（忍受不了炎热、噪音或疼痛）。

  I can't bear the heat during these long summer afternoons.

  在这些漫长的夏日午后，我实在无法忍受这样的酷热。

• endure 本词

  Stresses enduring something painful or difficult over a long period without giving up, often physical hardship, and sounds a little more formal than bear.

  endure 强调在较长时间里忍受痛苦或艰难而不放弃，常用于身体上的艰苦经历，语气比 bear 更正式一些。

  The soldiers had to endure freezing nights without any proper shelter.

  士兵们不得不忍受没有像样住所的寒冷夜晚。

Suffer, bear and endure all mean to tolerate something unpleasant. Suffer is fairly formal here, often used with 'can't' or 'won't' to show reluctant tolerance. Bear is the most common, neutral word. Endure stresses tolerating something painful for a long time without giving up.

这三个词在“忍受不愉快的事情”这一意义上很接近，但语气和用法有别：suffer 较为正式，常见于否定句式，表示不情愿地容忍冒犯或讨厌的事；bear 是最常用、最中性的说法；endure 则强调长时间忍受艰难或痛苦而不放弃。这里不比较 suffer 的“患病、遭受损失”等其他常用义，也不比较 endure 的“持续”义。

Compared meaning: to continue to exist (verb).

比较义项：持续存在、延续（动词）。

• endure 本词

  Endure emphasizes lasting through a long period, often with a sense of strength, permanence, or admirable resilience, and is common in formal or literary descriptions of structures, traditions, or feelings.

  Endure强调经历长时间后依然持续存在，常带有坚韧、永恒或令人钦佩的意味，多用于正式或文学语境中描述建筑、传统或情感。

  The ancient castle has endured for over eight centuries.

  那座古老的城堡已经屹立延续了八个多世纪。

• persist

  Persist suggests something continues for longer than expected or desired, especially problems, symptoms, or unwanted situations, and often appears in the pattern 'persist in doing something'.

  Persist表示某事持续的时间超出预期或人们的意愿，常用于问题、症状或不希望出现的情况，并常以“persist in doing something”这种搭配出现。

  If your headache persists for more than a week, see a doctor.

  如果你的头痛持续超过一周，就应该去看医生。

Endure and persist both mean to continue existing over time, but the tone differs. Endure is more formal, suggesting something lasts despite difficulty, used for traditions or feelings. Persist suggests something continues longer than wanted, especially problems, and is more neutral, sometimes negative.

这两个词在“持续存在”这一意义上很接近，但语气不同：endure更正式，常带有历经考验而依然存在、令人钦佩的意味；persist则常暗示某种不希望发生的情况持续得比预期更久，语气更中性甚至略带负面。这里不比较endure表示“忍受、忍耐”（如endure hardship）以及persist表示“坚持做某事”（如persist in trying）的用法。