| 释义 |
suf·fer·ance
\ˈsəf(ə)rən(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English suffrance, from Old French soufrance, from souffrir to suffer + -ance
1. : patient endurance : forbearance under provocation : long-suffering
< still have I borne it with a patient shrug, for sufferance is the badge of all our tribe — Shakespeare >
2. archaic : an act, state, or instance of suffering : pain, misery
< sufferances that you had borne — Shakespeare >
3. : consent or sanction that is not explicit but is implied by a lack of interference or the failure to enforce a prohibition : toleration of something that is usually disapproved or illegal : passive or tacit permission — used usually with on, by or through
< he remains here on sufferance >
< by sufferance only were they allowed to enter the country >
specifically : the legal condition of one continuing in the possession of an estate after his right to it has expired and without express leave from the owner — used with at or by
< a tenant at sufferance >
< estates by sufferance >
4. : power or ability to endure or withstand : endurance
< it is beyond sufferance >
5. : bill of sufferance |