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endure v.耐久,忍耐；持续,持久 Notice above that something that endures can be good or bad. Something you endure is always bad. And people are forever talking about what they can't or won't endure, as in "I refuse to endure any more abuse from my neighbors." Endure derives from the Latin indūrāre "to make hard," formed from the prefix in- "against, into" plus dūrus "hard." ★★☆☆☆ 2013.3

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[in'djuə(r); in'duər] If something endures, it lasts: Beethoven's fame has endured for more than 200 years. But if you endure something, you suffer through it: We endured our teacher's slide shows of her vacation photographs. But such gloominess is misplaced. The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years - so why shouldn't we? 1[VERB 动词]忍耐；忍受 If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot.   [V n]The company endured heavy financial losses.那家公司遭受了严重亏损。...unbearable pain, which they had to endure in solitude because not even the doctors could get near them.他们不得不独自承受的无法忍受的疼痛，因为甚至连医生都无法靠近他们2[VERB 动词]持续；持久 If something endures, it continues to exist without any loss in quality or importance.   [V]Somehow the language endures and continues to survive.那种语言以某种方式保存下来，并继续存在下去。enduring...the start of an enduring friendship.长久友谊的开始

英语单词	endure
英美音标	[in'djuə(r); in'duər]
中文释义	v.耐久,忍耐；持续,持久
vocab简明	If something endures, it lasts: Beethoven's fame has endured for more than 200 years. But if you endure something, you suffer through it: We endured our teacher's slide shows of her vacation photographs.
vocab扩展	Notice above that something that endures can be good or bad. Something you endure is always bad. And people are forever talking about what they can't or won't endure, as in "I refuse to endure any more abuse from my neighbors." Endure derives from the Latin indūrāre "to make hard," formed from the prefix in- "against, into" plus dūrus "hard."
真题原句	But such gloominess is misplaced. The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years - so why shouldn't we?
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]忍耐；忍受 If you endure a painful or difficult situation, you experience it and do not avoid it or give up, usually because you cannot. [V n] The company endured heavy financial losses. 那家公司遭受了严重亏损。 ...unbearable pain, which they had to endure in solitude because not even the doctors could get near them. 他们不得不独自承受的无法忍受的疼痛，因为甚至连医生都无法靠近他们 2 [VERB 动词]持续；持久 If something endures, it continues to exist without any loss in quality or importance. [V] Somehow the language endures and continues to survive. 那种语言以某种方式保存下来，并继续存在下去。 enduring ...the start of an enduring friendship. 长久友谊的开始
来源	2013.3

Endure Endured Shows Bad Verb 动词 Continues Enduring