"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。