sufferance

英 [ˈsʌfrəns]

美 [ˈsʌfrəns]

n.  勉强同意; 勉强获准

TEM8法律

BNC.34980 / COCA.34519

习惯用语

n.

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

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 勉强同意;宽容
  If you are allowed to do somethingon sufferance, you can do it, although you know that the person who gave you permission would prefer that you did not do it.
  1. His party held office on sufferance...
     他的政党勉强获胜。
  2. The civilian authorities are only there on sufferance of the military.
     政府当局人员是在军方勉强同意后才到达那里的。

英英释义

noun

• a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
  1. all people should practice toleration and live together in peace
  Synonym:tolerationacceptance
• patient endurance especially of pain or distress

双语例句

• His party held office on sufferance
  他的政党勉强获胜。
• On this basis, the paper emphatically expounds the spiritual poverty represented by the exile of gods from our modern life, the contemporary meaning of sufferance and the connotation and function of the God in Mu's poetry.
  以此为基础重点论述了现代生活中神的放逐显示出来的精神贫困，受难的现代意义以及上帝在穆旦诗歌中的内涵及其功能。
• I had little in common with the others and it soon became obvious I was only there on sufferance.
  我同其他人很少有共同之处，事情很快就搞清楚了，我只是勉强获准呆在那里的。
• Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity, which constrains them to alter their former systems of government.
  这就是这些殖民地过去忍受苦难的经过，也是他们现在不得不改变政府制度的原因。
• She is here on sufferance.
  她勉强获准留在这里。
• High-speed chips tend to run hot, in order to keep the chips within the steady operating state, it is necessary to keep the chips temperature change in a sufferance ranges.
  芯片在工作时容易变热，为了保证芯片工作在一个稳定的状态，必须保证芯片温度的变化在可容许的范围以内。
• He gave me a bed for a couple of nights but I felt I was there on sufferance.
  他让我住几夜，但我感到我在那儿并不受欢迎。
• Trace elements zine and chromium have close relationship to the sufferance of diabetes mellitus.
  微量元素铬、与糖尿病有密切的关系。
• If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?
  要是一个犹太人欺侮了一个基督徒，那基督徒怎样表现他的谦逊？
• I know that tonight is the end of all my sufferance!
  知道今晚是我所有宽容的终结！