sufferance
US /ˈsʌf.ɚ.əns/
UK /ˈsʌf.ər.əns/
名詞
1.
忍受, 苦難
patient endurance of pain or hardship
範例:
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His long years of sufferance finally came to an end.
他多年的忍受終於結束了。
•
The refugees lived in a state of constant sufferance.
難民們生活在持續的苦難之中。
2.
容忍, 默許
tolerance, especially of something undesirable or unpleasant
範例:
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He was allowed to stay only by the sufferance of his landlord.
他只能在房東的默許下留下來。
•
Their presence was by no means a welcome one, but rather one of mere sufferance.
他們的存在絕不是受歡迎的，而僅僅是容忍。