c. 1300, "enduring of hardship, affliction, etc.," also "allowance of wrongdoing," from Old French suffrance, from Late Latin sufferentia, from sufferens, present participle of sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure" (see suffer).
例文
1. The civilian authorities are only there on sufferance of the military.
政府当局者は、軍がかろうじて同意した後、そこに到着した。
2.His party held office on sufferance .
彼の政党は辛うじて勝利した。
3.An O 'Hara a poor relation,living on charity bread and sufferance !
オハラ家の人は貧しい親戚として、人の施しの顔色をうかがって苦しい暮らしをしていますか。
4.He have been allowed to live in the house on sufferance .