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absolve vt.宣告...无罪；赦免 (1) 警方释放了嫌疑犯。(2) 他不能完全开脱掉这一指责。(3) 那位船长被免除了因船只失事而遭致的非难和罪责。 The Latin absolvere, which means "to set free," is the root of the word absolve. In the religious sense, to be absolved means to be truly forgiven in the eyes of the Lord, which must feel like being set free. In a more mundane everyday usage, absolve can be used to describe being let off the hook. For instance, putting a campaign poster in your window does not absolve you of the responsibility to vote.

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英 [əb'zɒlv] 美 [əb'zɑːlv] (1) The police absolved the suspect.(2) He cannot entirely absolve himself of the charge.(3) The captain is absolved from all blame and responsibility for the shipwreck. To be absolved is to be let off the hook, to be set free from a certain obligation or to be forgiven for a wrongdoing. The Church may absolve you of your sins, but that won't absolve you of the need to attend mass. 1[VERB 动词]免除…的过失；解除…的责任 If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.   [V n of/from n]  [V n]A police investigation yesterday absolved the police of all blame in the incident.警方昨天的调查廓清了其在此事件中的任何责任。...the inquiry which absolved the soldiers.宣告士兵们并无任何过失的调查

英语单词	absolve
英美音标	英 [əb'zɒlv] 美 [əb'zɑːlv]
中文释义	vt.宣告...无罪；赦免
英语例句	(1) The police absolved the suspect. (2) He cannot entirely absolve himself of the charge. (3) The captain is absolved from all blame and responsibility for the shipwreck.
中文例句	(1) 警方释放了嫌疑犯。 (2) 他不能完全开脱掉这一指责。 (3) 那位船长被免除了因船只失事而遭致的非难和罪责。
vocabulary简明	To be absolved is to be let off the hook, to be set free from a certain obligation or to be forgiven for a wrongdoing. The Church may absolve you of your sins, but that won't absolve you of the need to attend mass.
vocabulary扩展	The Latin absolvere, which means "to set free," is the root of the word absolve. In the religious sense, to be absolved means to be truly forgiven in the eyes of the Lord, which must feel like being set free. In a more mundane everyday usage, absolve can be used to describe being let off the hook. For instance, putting a campaign poster in your window does not absolve you of the responsibility to vote.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]免除…的过失；解除…的责任 If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame. [V n of/from n] [V n] A police investigation yesterday absolved the police of all blame in the incident. 警方昨天的调查廓清了其在此事件中的任何责任。 ...the inquiry which absolved the soldiers. 宣告士兵们并无任何过失的调查

Absolve Absolved Police Blame Set Responsibility Forgiven Means