Online Google Dictionary

sufferer 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. sick person: a person suffering from an illness
  2. martyr: one who suffers for the sake of principle
  3. Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, is an individual's basic affective experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with harm or threat of harm. Suffering may be qualified as physical or mental. It may come in all degrees of intensity, from mild to intolerable. ...
  4. (Sufferers) Migraine headache affects approximately 29.5 million Americans,^1 although this figure may be higher as many patients do not seek medical attention for their migraine; if they do visit a health care practitioner, it is commonly misdiagnosed. ...
  5. (Sufferers) used by organizations and agencies to describe the poor living quality of people who have mental problems; used by parents, individuals and carers for people with a specific mental problem.
  6. a poor person struggling to survive