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sufferance

noun
🔊/ˈsʌfrəns/
🔊/ˈsʌfrəns/
Word OriginMiddle 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’.
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on sufferance
  1. 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。🔊🔊