プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
しのぶ【忍ぶ】
❶〔我慢する〕bear, stand, put up with;〔忍耐する〕endure ⇒がまん(我慢)
恥を忍ぶ
bear up under one's shame
そのような侮辱は忍び難い
I can't bear [endure] such an insult.
人里離れた山中で暮らすには多くのことを忍ばなくてはならない
You have to put up with many things if you live in an out-of-the-way mountain area.
❷〔隠れる〕conceal oneself; hide
木陰に忍ぶ
conceal oneself behind a tree
世を忍んで生きている
He shuns [keeps out of] the public eye.
人目を忍んで逢いに来た
He came to see me secretly.
❸〔ひそかに通う〕
恋人の所へ毎晩忍んで行った
He 「paid a secret visit to [sneaked in to see] his girlfriend every evening.