absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration
宽容;容忍
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Charles was only here on sufferance. 查尔斯是被勉强获准留在这里的。
【律】 容受
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an estate at sufferance .容受下的地产。
〈古〉 忍耐力。
〈古〉 痛苦,苦难,不幸。
"Middle English (in sense 2): from Anglo-Norman French