n.

1. 忍受，忍耐；忍耐力[U]
2. 【古】痛苦；苦難[C]
3. 容忍，容許[U]
   I'm here on sufferance.

   我是勉強獲准留在這兒的。

n.

1. absence of objection rather than genuine approval; toleration.
2. archaic patient endurance.
3. archaic the suffering or undergoing of something bad or unpleasant.