sufferance

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Endurance, especially patiently, of pain or adversity. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — At length when as he ſaw her haſtie heat / Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, / He through long ſufferãce growing now more great, / Roſe in his strength, and gan her freſh aſſayle, [...]
  2. Acquiescence or tacit compliance with some circumstance, behavior, or instruction. countable,uncountable
    — [M]oſt wretched man, / That to affections does the bridle lend; / In their beginning they are weake and wan, / But ſoone through ſuff'rance growe to fearefull end; [...]
  3. Suffering; pain, misery. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — The sufferances which simply touch us in minde, doe much lesse afflict me, then most men [...].
  4. Loss; damage; injury. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — The deſperate Tempeſt has ſo bang'd the Turke, / That their deſignement halts; Another ſhippe of Venice hath ſeene / A greeuous wracke and ſufferance / On moſt part of the Fleete.
  5. A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. UK,countable,historical,uncountable

词形变化

sufferances plural sufferaunce alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
acquiesce
衍生词
long-sufferance nonsufferance on sufferance

词源

From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.
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