endurance /inˈdjuərəns/ n. u 1.忍耐,忍耐力:beyond endurance 忍耐不住 Long-distance races are won by the runners with the greatest endurance. 在长跑比赛中,耐力最大的运动员能获胜。2. 持久(),耐久()(金属等的)耐用度: Such kind of metal doesn’t have good endurance. 这种金属的耐用度不高。 


endure /inˈdjuə/ vt. & vi. 1.忍受,容忍 (跟名词/代词、不定式和v-ing): She can’t endure his rudeness. 她不能容忍他的粗暴。[考句]Humidity is so intense in some parts of the tropics that Europeans find they are unable to endure it. 热带的一些地方湿气很重,欧洲人感到难以忍受。I cannot endure to hear about it. 我不忍听到有关那事的情况。She couldn’t endure seeing animals cruelly endured. 她不忍看到动物惨遭残害的情景。2.坚持;存在:Help cannot reach us, we must endure to the end. 无法得到帮助,我们得坚持到底。A gold ring will endure a thousand years. 一个金戒指可以存在上千年。

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