"an enduring disposition" "a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
She had a smooth, long suffering countenance.她长着一张平和的，象是长期受苦的脸。
I had no basis for making individual selections among those who had already suffered so long.我没有理由在那些如此长期受苦的人员当中挑选。
用作名词(n.)
She had long since learned that Lester did not express his real feeling, his big ills in words.虽是严重到不可忍耐的心事，他向来都谈笑出之，借以减轻它的严重性。
Love that suffers long is forgiving, but it also challenges people to repent, to turn back to the living God for a new life of inexpressible joy.恒久忍耐的爱是赦免的爱，但同时也挑战人悔改，归向永生神，过一个满有喜乐的新生活。
With great suffering and hard works, she made his gloomy business to light again.她以极大的坚忍和辛苦，使走下坡路的事业重振昔日风采。
