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单词 sufferance
释义
sufferancesuf‧fer‧ance /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun Examples
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  • All this brings out that teachers in higher education teach partly on sufferance.
  • Criticism was allowed in certain territories at certain times, but only on sufferance.
  • He was here on sufferance as coach driver and odd jobber.
  • He was there on sufferance and most likely on trial and he knew that.
  • Survey ships were carried on the Navy List, but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounsufferersufferingsufferanceadjectiveinsufferableverbsufferadverbinsufferably
on sufferance formal if you live or work somewhere on sufferance, you are allowed to do it by someone who would prefer you did not do it:  He was never going to let her forget she was only here on sufferance.
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