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suf.fer.anceHsQf7[r7[nts, $5-L-n [U]on sufferance slightly fml with unwilling permission勉强允许Eventually she granted permission for the project, but it was obvious that it was on sufferance.虽然她最后同意了这项计划,但明显很勉强。If a person stays in a particular place on sufferance, they are allowed but not wanted there.勉强被容许留在某处He gave me a bed for a couple of nights but I felt I was there on sufferance.他让我住几夜,但我感到我在那儿并不受欢迎。(dated) If someone does something under sufferance, they do it very unwillingly.不情愿地He only visits his parents under sufferance.他探视父母总是极不情愿的。
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