on sufferance

短语

经默许, 被容忍 [法] 出于容忍, 出于宽容

发音

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated.

    习语

    I wasn't whole-hearted about the decision but couldn't think of a better one, so went along with it on sufferance for the time being.