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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary for·give ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old English forgifan, from for-+ gifan to give DATE before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to give up resentment of or claim to requital for forgive an insult b. to grant relief from payment of forgive a debt 2. to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) : pardon forgive one's enemies intransitive verb : to grant forgiveness Synonyms: see excuse • for·giv·er noun English Etymology forgive O.E. forgiefan "give, grant, allow," also "to give up" and "to give in marriage;" from for- "completely" + giefan "give" (see give). The modern sense of "to give up desire or power to punish" is from use of the compound as a Gmc. loan-translation of L. perdonare (cf.Du. vergeven, Ger. vergeben; see pardon). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ forgive for·give / fE5^iv; NAmE fEr5^iv / verb(for·gave / fE5^eiv; NAmE fEr5^- / , for·given / fE5^ivn; NAmEfEr5^- / ) 1. ~ sb / yourself (for sth / for doing sth) | ~ sb sth 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: ▪ [VN] I'll never forgive her for what she did. 我绝不会原谅她做的事。 I can't forgive that type of behaviour. 我不能宽恕那种行为。 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。 ▪ [VNN] She'd forgive him anything. 她会原谅他的任何事。 ▪ [also V] 2. ~ me (for doing sth) | ~ my... 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: ▪ [VN] 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。 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？ 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。 ▪ [VN -ing] 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. (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): ▪ [VN] The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt. 政府同意免除一大部份债务。 ▪ [also VNN] IDIOMS ▪ sb could / might be forgiven for doing sth used 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。 ▪ for7give and for'get to 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English forgive verb ADV. quite I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them. | never | easily Donna would not easily forgive Beth's silly attempt to trick her. VERB + FORGIVE be able/unable to, can/could I couldn't forgive him. | be easy to An insult like that isn't easy to forgive. | ask sb to, beg sb to He fell to his knees and begged God to forgive him. | try to PREP. for She never forgave him for losing her ring. PHRASES forgive and forget He was not the sort of man to forgive and forget. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb Synonyms: EXCUSE 1, condone, pardon, remit Idioms: forgive and forget Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged for·give \fə(r)ˈgiv also fȯ(r)ˈ-\ verb (for·gave \-ˈgāv\ ; for·giv·en \-ˈgivən, -ibəm\ ; forgiving ; forgives) Etymology: Middle English foryeven, foryiven, forgeven, forgiven, from Old English forgiefan, forgifan (akin to Old Saxon fargeƀan to give, forgive, promise, Old High German firgeban to give, forgive, Gothic fragiban to forgive), from for- + giefan, gifan to give — more at give transitive verb 1. : to cease to feel resentment against on account of wrong committed : give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender) : absolve , pardon < Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing — Lk 23:34 (NCE) > 2. a. : to give up resentment of or claim to requital for (an offense or wrong) : remit the penalty of < and their sins should be forgiven them — Mk 4:12 (Authorized Version) > b. : to grant relief from : refrain from exacting < forgave his tenants thousands of dollars in back rent > < a loophole in the tax law that forgives all if a taxpayer is out of the U.S. — Time > intransitive verb : to grant forgiveness Synonyms: see excuse |
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