搜尋結果
sufferance
- IPA[ˈsəf(ə)rəns]
美式
- absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration;the condition of the holder of an estate who continues to hold it after the title has ceased, without the express permission of the owner
noun: sufferance
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration Charles was only here on sufferance
- ▪ the condition of the holder of an estate who continues to hold it after the title has ceased, without the express permission of the owner an estate at sufferance
- ▪ archaic patient endurance.
- 2. archaic the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant.