sufferance

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Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity, which constrains them to alter their former systems of government.
這就是這些殖民地過去忍受苦難的經過，也是他們現在不得不改變政府制度的原因。
Two decades have passed since the downfall of most of the regimes where atheism was state policy and religion existed only on sufferance; and over that time, liberal democracy has advanced.
曾有些國家以無神論爲國策，至多默許宗教活動存在，但其中大多數政權在20年前已垮臺。
Do Hoang Tuong (born in 1960) offers oils on canvas where the woman is more than simply present, imposing herself on the canvas, and above all, her sufferance and solitude transpierce us.
杜凰祥（1960年出生）曏我們展示的，是佈麪油畫，畫麪中的婦女不僅僅是栩栩如生的，框架中的人物令人望而難忘，尤其是人物的痛苦，人物的孤獨，對觀衆(zhòng)都有著深深的穿透力。

The longstanding line among football aficionados pegs the Packers as a charming welfare case that exists thanks only to the sufferance of other, richer NFL franchises.
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He will probably survive these tests, but on sufferance.
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If you are allowed to do something on sufferance, you can do it, although you know that the person who gave you permission would prefer that you did not do it.