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Forgive   [V N Forgives Stop Verb 动词 People

英语单词 forgive
英美音标 英 [fə'ɡɪv] 美 [fər'ɡɪv]
中文释义 v.原谅;宽恕;饶恕
英语例句 (1) Forgive me.
(2) If he is really repentant, we should forgive him.
(3) He is not a man who forgives easily.
(4) They forgive the people who trespass against them.
中文例句 (1) 请原谅我。
(2) 如果他真心悔过,我们就应该原谅他。
(3) 他不是一个肯轻易宽恕人的人。
(4) 他们总是宽恕冒犯他们的人。
vocabulary简明 If you forgive someone, you stop blaming him. You should really forgive your kid sister for eating the rest of the cake.
vocabulary扩展 Forgive comes from the Old English forgiefan, which also means "forgive," just with cooler spelling. When you forgive someone or something, that's the end of the story. Eventually, you will have to either forgive your friend for stealing your boyfriend, or stop being her friend. Loans can also be forgiven. If your credit card company forgives your debt, that means you no longer have to pay it.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
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  [V n for n/-ing]
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  [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.
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  • 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。

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