sufferance

/suhf-er-uhns, suhf-ruhns/US // ˈsʌf ər əns, ˈsʌf rəns //UK // (ˈsʌfərəns, ˈsʌfrəns) //

苦难,苦行,苦乐,苦楚

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal.
- : capacity to endure pain, hardship, etc.; endurance.
- : Archaic. suffering; misery.
- : Archaic. patient endurance.

as inpatronage

Synonyms

It is a story about who gets to go where, who gets to exist safely in public, and who is only there on sufferance.
Having no tenure, and his future career being at the sufferance of her political enemies, objectively he lacked independence.
It was after Amadeo had thrown down his crown, exclaiming, "A son of Savoy does not wear a crown on sufferance!"
Thus he sat, dejection and despair stamped on his homely face; haughty, yet a suppliant; a king, yet only by sufferance.
It was hard to realize that he could see Blent now only by another's will or sufferance.
He glanced with sufferance at the window, which offered a close-range view of a whitewashed wall.
All these cottages and allotments have only been held on sufferance, on good behaviour, and hence they have failed.

/suhf-er-uhns, suhf-ruhns/US // ˈsʌf ər əns, ˈsʌf rəns //UK // (ˈsʌfərəns, ˈsʌfrəns) //

苦难,苦行,苦乐,苦楚

n.名词 noun

1
- : passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal.
- : capacity to endure pain, hardship, etc.; endurance.
- : Archaic. suffering; misery.
- : Archaic. patient endurance.

as inpatronage

Synonyms

It is a story about who gets to go where, who gets to exist safely in public, and who is only there on sufferance.
Having no tenure, and his future career being at the sufferance of her political enemies, objectively he lacked independence.
It was after Amadeo had thrown down his crown, exclaiming, "A son of Savoy does not wear a crown on sufferance!"
Thus he sat, dejection and despair stamped on his homely face; haughty, yet a suppliant; a king, yet only by sufferance.
It was hard to realize that he could see Blent now only by another's will or sufferance.
He glanced with sufferance at the window, which offered a close-range view of a whitewashed wall.
All these cottages and allotments have only been held on sufferance, on good behaviour, and hence they have failed.