Researchers studied the daily routines of chronic pain sufferers to identify factors that might alleviate their discomfort.
研究人员研究了慢性疼痛患者的日常作息，以找出可能减轻他们不适的因素。
Which choice best defines “sufferer”?
A — A person who experiences pain or hardship. “sufferer” means a person who experiences pain or hardship.
Which word means “a person who experiences pain or hardship”?
B — sufferer. “sufferer” means a person who experiences pain or hardship.
sufferer — a person who experiences pain or hardship. In Chinese: 受难者.
sufferer is pronounced /ˈsʌfərər/.
Researchers studied the daily routines of chronic pain sufferers to identify factors that might alleviate their discomfort. (研究人员研究了慢性疼痛患者的日常作息，以找出可能减轻他们不适的因素。)
victim, patient, casualty — all close in meaning to sufferer (a person who experiences pain or hardship).
Yes. sufferer is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.