mindmap root((忍受)) bear usually implies the power to sustain what is distressing or hurtful without flinching or breaking: forced to ~ one personal tragedy after another. suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing: never ~ed a single insult to go unchallenged. endure implies meeting trials and difficulties with continued firm resolution: ~d years of rejection and neglect. abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest: I cannot ~ her chronic rudeness. tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful: ~d his affairs for the sake of the children. brook implies self-assertion and defiance: will not ~ restraint. stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching: she cannot ~ teasing.