forgive
verb /fəˈɡɪv/
/fərˈɡɪv/
动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they forgive | /fəˈɡɪv/ /fərˈɡɪv/ |
| he / she / it forgives | /fəˈɡɪvz/ /fərˈɡɪvz/ |
| past simple forgave | /fəˈɡeɪv/ /fərˈɡeɪv/ |
| past participle forgiven | /fəˈɡɪvn/ /fərˈɡɪvn/ |
| -ing form forgiving | /fəˈɡɪvɪŋ/ /fərˈɡɪvɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to stop feeling angry with somebody who has done something to harm, annoy or upset you; to stop feeling angry with yourself
原谅；宽恕 - forgive somebody Can you ever forgive me?
你会有一天能原谅我吗？ - forgive yourself 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 somebody/yourself for something I'll never forgive her for what she did.
我绝不会原谅她做的事。 - forgive somebody/yourself for doing something She never forgave him for losing her ring.
她从没原谅他弄丢了她的戒指。 - forgive (something) 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。 - forgive somebody something She'd forgive him anything.
无论他做了什么，她都会原谅他。
Wordfinder- amends
- apologize
- ashamed
- embarrassed
- forgive
- regret
- remorse
- repent
- sorry
- sympathy
- I couldn't forgive him.
我无法原谅他。 - I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them.
我猜罗德尼一直没有完全原谅他们两个人。 - He fell to his knees and begged God to forgive him.
他跪下来，请求上帝宽恕他。 - Donna would not easily forgive Beth's silly attempt to trick her.
唐娜不会轻易原谅贝丝想欺骗她的愚蠢企图。 - An insult like that isn't easy to forgive.
那种侮辱是无法轻易原谅的。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quite
- ever
- never
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- for
- forgive and forget
- forgive somebody Can you ever forgive me?
- [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 - forgive me 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 me for doing something 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。 - forgive my… 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 my doing something (formal) 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。
- forgive me Forgive me, but I don't see that any of this concerns me.
- [transitive] forgive (somebody) something (formal) (of a bank, country, etc.
银行、国家等 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分债务。
- The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt.
词源Old English forgiefan, of Germanic origin, related to Dutch vergeven and German vergeben, and ultimately to for- and give.
Idioms
somebody could/might be forgiven for doing something
- used to say that it is easy to understand why somebody does or thinks something, 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。
- Looking at the crowds out shopping, you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone has plenty of money.
forgive and forget
- to stop feeling angry with somebody for something they have done to you and to behave as if it had not happened
不念旧恶；不记仇 - I know what he did was wrong but don’t you think it’s time to forgive and forget?
我知道他犯了错，但你不认为现在该是捐弃前嫌的时候了吗？ - He was not the sort of man to forgive and forget.
他不是那种不记仇的人。
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- I know what he did was wrong but don’t you think it’s time to forgive and forget?