"sufferance" in Chinese (Traditional)
容忍忍受
Definition
Sufferance 指的是默默接受或容忍某事,通常是不愉快或不想要的事情,沒有抗議。也可以指忍受痛苦或困難的情況。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
「Sufferance」 是正式用語,日常對話很少出現,常見於法律或文學語境。常在 "on sufferance"(被容忍但不情願)這種短語中。別與 “suffering” (直接的痛苦)混淆。
Examples
They lived there by sufferance, not by right.
他們住在那裡只是因為被**容忍**,而不是有權利。
Her presence at the party was on sufferance.
她參加聚會完全是被**容忍**的。
He accepted the job with quiet sufferance.
他默默地以**忍受**接受了這份工作。
I stayed in the group only by sufferance, since they didn’t really want me there.
我留在這個小組只是因為被**容忍**,其實他們並不真正想要我。
Their continued use of the park was by sufferance of the city council.
他們能繼續使用公園是市政廳的**容忍**。
I’m here on sufferance; I know I’m not really welcome.
我是在被**容忍**的情況下才在這裡,我知道我並不真正受歡迎。