"sufferance" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 容忍
• 忍受

Definition

Sufferance 指的是默默接受或容忍某事，通常是令人不快或不想要的事情，不提出抗议。它也可以指忍受痛苦或艰难的状态。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Sufferance” 很正式，在日常会话中很少见，常用于法律、历史或文学语境。常见短语有 “on sufferance”（被允许但不太愿意）。不要和 “suffering” （痛苦、苦难本身）混淆。

Examples

They lived there by sufferance, not by right.

他们住在那里只是因为被**容忍**，而不是有权利。

Her presence at the party was on sufferance.

她出席聚会完全是被**容忍**的。

He accepted the job with quiet sufferance.

他默默地以**忍受**接受了这份工作。

I stayed in the group only by sufferance, since they didn’t really want me there.

我留在这个小组只是因为被**容忍**，其实他们并不真正想要我。

Their continued use of the park was by sufferance of the city council.

他们能继续使用公园是市政厅的**容忍**。

I’m here on sufferance; I know I’m not really welcome.

我是在被**容忍**的情况下才在这里，我知道我其实并不受欢迎。