sufferance

noun

/ˈsʌfrəns/

词源Middle English (originally referring to the suffering of something bad or unpleasant): from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre, from sub- ‘from below’ + ferre ‘to bear’.

[uncountable]Idioms

Idioms

on sufferance

if you do something on sufferance, somebody allows you to do it although they do not really want you to经勉强同意；由于（某人的）宽容
- He's only staying here on sufferance.他是经人勉强同意待在这儿的。

词汇	sufferance
释义	sufferance noun /ˈsʌfrəns/ /ˈsʌfrəns/ 词源Middle English (originally referring to the suffering of something bad or unpleasant): from Anglo-Norman French suffraunce, from late Latin sufferentia, from sufferre, from sub- ‘from below’ + ferre ‘to bear’. [uncountable]Idioms Idioms on sufferance if you do something on sufferance, somebody allows you to do it although they do not really want you to经勉强同意；由于（某人的）宽容 He's only staying here on sufferance.他是经人勉强同意待在这儿的。
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