on sufferance formal with unwilling permission经勉强同意,勉强允许地
He gave me a bed for a couple of nights but I felt I was there on sufferance.他让我住上几个晚上,但我感觉自己在那儿并不受欢迎。
under sufferance old-fashioned If someone does something under sufferance, they do it very unwillingly.不情愿地
He only visits his parents under sufferance.他探望父母时总是极不情愿。