sufferance

🇺🇸 /ˈsʌfrəns/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsʌfrəns/
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noun
R

Permission to stay or do something, often given with reluctance.

We were allowed to stay in the house on sufferance, as the owner didn't really want us there.

我们被允许在房子里暂住,因为房主其实并不想让我们在那里。

R

The act of enduring pain or hardship without complaining.

Despite the pain, he showed great courage in his sufferance.

尽管痛苦,他在自己的忍耐中表现出了极大的勇气。

translation

n. 容忍, 忍受

词形变化

Plural sufferances