suffering
n
1 [U] pain of body or mind (肉体或内心的)痛苦
There is so much suffering in this world. 这个世界上多灾多难.
2 sufferings [pl]
feelings of pain, unhappiness, etc 痛苦、 不幸等的感觉; 苦恼; 折磨
the sufferings of the starving refugees 饥饿中的难民所受的折磨.
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.
对善思考者,人生为喜剧;对凭感觉者,人生为悲剧。
Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.