sufferance

Word family (noun) sufferer suffering sufferance (adjective) insufferable (verb) suffer (adverb) insufferably

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsufferancesuf‧fer‧ance /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun → on sufferanceExamples from the Corpussufferance• Survey ships were carried on the Navy List, but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only.• He was here on sufferance as coach driver and odd jobber.• Criticism was allowed in certain territories at certain times, but only on sufferance.• All this brings out that teachers in higher education teach partly on sufferance.• He was there on sufferance and most likely on trial and he knew that.

单词	sufferance
释义	sufferance Word family (noun) sufferer suffering sufferance (adjective) insufferable (verb) suffer (adverb) insufferably From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsufferancesuf‧fer‧ance /ˈsʌfərəns/ noun → on sufferanceExamples from the Corpussufferance• Survey ships were carried on the Navy List, but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only.• He was here on sufferance as coach driver and odd jobber.• Criticism was allowed in certain territories at certain times, but only on sufferance.• All this brings out that teachers in higher education teach partly on sufferance.• He was there on sufferance and most likely on trial and he knew that.
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