职称英语理工类考试近义词词组辨析(2)

　　2.experience，suffer，sustain 这组词都有 因为亲身经历而了解 之意。experience ： 体验、感受，普通用词，指通过实际生活或体验直接了解某种感觉、激情或某个特殊的场合。 How can you hurt such a pure girl like her? She had never experienced any love affairs before she fell in love with you. 你怎么能伤害像她这样一个纯情的女孩呢? 在爱上你之前，她从来没有经历过恋爱。

　　suffer： 遭受、蒙受、经历 含有明显的受伤害或受委屈和艰辛之意，有时亦指单纯经历其事。 He would have suffered much less if we had known of it earlier.如果我们早一点了解这件事，他就会少受许多苦。

　　sustain ：遭受、蒙受 表示忍受痛苦、折磨或负担，但暗含缺乏抵抗痛苦及承受负担所必备的勇气。Firms lo survive in the market competition would be those who could afford to sustain losses. 只有那些能蒙受得起损失的公司，才能在市场竞争中生存下去。