[VERB 动词]原谅；饶恕；宽恕 If you forgive someone who has done something bad or wrong, you stop being angry with them and no longer want to punish them.
[V n]
[V n for n/-ing]
[V n n]
[Also V]
Hopefully she'll understand and forgive you, if she really loves you...
如果她真的爱你的话，希望她会理解并原谅你。
She'd find a way to forgive him for the theft of the money...
她会让自己原谅他偷钱的行为的。
Still, for those flashes of genius, you can forgive him anything.
尽管如此，他瞬间显露出的天赋还是会让你原谅他所做的一切。
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[V-PASSIVE 被动动词]情有可原 If you say that someone could be forgiven for doing something, you mean that they were wrong or mistaken, but not seriously, because many people would have done the same thing in those circumstances.
[be V-ed for -ing/n]
Looking at the figures, you could be forgiven for thinking the recession is already over...
看看这些数字，难怪你会觉得经济衰退已经结束了。
If the research which enticed them to Britain is removed, they can be forgiven for feeling betrayed.
如果吸引他们来到英国的研究项目被取消了，他们感觉遭到了背叛也是情有可原的。
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[VERB 动词](用于礼貌用语或道歉语中)请原谅/恕我无知Forgive is used in polite expressions and apologies like 'forgive me' and 'forgive my ignorance' when you are saying or doing something that might seem rude, silly, or complicated.
[V n]
[politeness]
Forgive me, I don't mean to insult you...
请原谅，我并非有意侮辱你。
I do hope you'll forgive me but I've got to leave...
我真的非常抱歉，我得走了。
'Forgive my manners,' she said calmly. 'I neglected to introduce myself.'
“请原谅我礼数不周，”她平静地说。“我忘了自我介绍了。”
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[VERB 动词]免除(债务) If an organization such as a bank forgives someone's debt, they agree not to ask for that money to be repaid.
[V n]
The American Congress has agreed to forgive Egypt's military debt.
美国国会同意免除埃及的军事债务。
Oxford
for·give★/fəˈɡɪv; NAmEfərˈɡɪv/verb(for·gave/fəˈɡeɪv; NAmEfərˈɡeɪv/,for·given/fəˈɡɪvn; NAmEfərˈɡɪvn/)1★[transitive , intransitive ]to stop feeling angry with sb who has done sth to harm, annoy or upset you; to stop feeling angry with yourself 原谅；宽恕forgivesb/yourself (for sth/for doing sth) ◆I'll never forgive her for what she did.我绝不会原谅她做的事。◆I'd never forgive myself if she heard the truth from someone else.如果她从别人那里听到了真相，我永远不会原谅自己。forgive(sth) ◆I can't forgive that type of behaviour.我不能宽恕那种行为。◆We all have to learn to forgive.我们都得学会宽恕。forgivesb sth ◆She'd forgive him anything.无论他做了什么，她都会原谅他。2★[transitive ]used to say in a polite way that you are sorry if what you are doing or saying seems rude or silly 对不起；请原谅forgiveme ◆Forgive me, but I don't see that any of this concerns me.对不起，我就看不出这与我有啥关系。forgiveme for doing sth ◆Forgive me for interrupting, but I really don't agree with that.请原谅我打岔，不过我确实不同意那一点。forgivemy … ◆Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly does the company do?请原谅我的无知，这家公司到底是干什么的？forgivemy doing sth ◆Forgive my interrupting but I really don't agree with that.请原谅我打岔，不过我确实不同意那一点。3[transitive ]forgive(sb) sth ( formal) (of a bank, country, etc. 银行、国家等)to say that sb does not need to pay back money that they have borrowed 免除（债务）◆The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt.政府同意免除一大部份债务。IDIOMSsb could/might be forgiven for doing sthused to say that it is easy to understand why sb does or thinks sth, although they are wrong 某人的做法虽错却是可以理解的◆Looking at the crowds out shopping, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone has plenty of money.见到人们成群结队地外出购物，难怪你会以为人人都很富有。forˌgive and forˈgetto stop feeling angry with sb for sth they have done to you and to behave as if it had not happened 不念旧恶；不记仇forgiveforgivesforgaveforgivingforgivenfor·give/fəˈɡɪv; NAmEfərˈɡɪv/for·gave/fəˈɡeɪv; NAmEfərˈɡeɪv/for·given/fəˈɡɪvn; NAmEfərˈɡɪvn/
1to stop being angry with someone and stop blaming them, although they have done something wrongforgive somebody for (doing) something I’ve tried to forgive him for what he said. He never forgave her for walking out on him.forgive myself/yourself etc If anything happened to the kids I’d never forgive myself.you’re forgiven spoken (=used to tell someone that you are not angry with them) ‘I’m really sorry.’ ‘It’s okay, you’re forgiven.’forgive somebody something God forgives us our sins. He didn’t look the sort of man to forgive and forget (=forgive someone and no longer think about it).GRAMMAR: Patterns with forgive• You forgive someone: · Alright, I forgive you.• You forgive something: · Please forgive his rudeness.• You forgive someone for something or for doing something: · She lied and I can’t forgive her for that.· Forgive me for not writing.• In literary or formal English, you can forgive someone something: · Forgive us our trespasses. This pattern is not used in everyday English.2forgive me spoken used when you are going to say or do something that might seem rude or offensive and you want it to seem more polite: Forgive me, but I don’t think that is relevant.forgive me for asking/saying etc something (also forgive my asking/saying etc)Forgive me for saying so, but that’s nonsense. Forgive my phoning you so late.3somebody can be forgiven for thinking/believing/feeling etc something used to say that it is easy to understand why someone might think or do something: You could be forgiven for thinking football is a religion here.4forgive a debt/loan formal if a country or organization forgives a debt, it says that the money does not have to be paid backSYN write off: Saudi Arabia’s decision to forgive the debt owed by the poorest Islamic countries
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