forgive
vt. 原谅, 宽恕, 免除 [法] 免除, 宽恕, 原谅
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教材释义与例句
原谅；免除（债务、义务等）
to stop being angry with someone and stop blaming them, although they have done something wrong
表示原谅
He didn't look the sort of man to forgive and forget (= forgive someone and no longer think about it ) .
他看上去不是那种不记仇的人。
释义与例句
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1.
To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
及物Please forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
Forgive us our trespasses.
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To pardon (something); to waive any negative feeling over or retribution for.
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To waive or remit (a debt), to absolve from payment or compensation of.
及物Forgive a debt, that is, tell a debtor that a repayment of a loan is no longer needed.
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To accord forgiveness.
不及物The brave know only how to forgive […] A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
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To look past; to look beyond.
及物The music critic loves the instrumentation of the song so much that he can forgive the confusing lyrics.
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To redeem; to offset the bad effects of something.
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Alteration (due to give) of Middle English foryiven, forȝiven, from Old English forġiefan (“to forgive, to give”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageban, from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (“to give away; give up; release; forgive”), equivalent to for- + give (etymologically for- + yive). Cognate with Scots forgeve, forgif, forgie (“to forgive”), West Frisian ferjaan (“to forgive”), Dutch vergeven (“to forgive”), German vergeben (“to forgive”), Icelandic fyrirgefa (“to forgive”), Yiddish פֿאַרגעבן (fargebn, “to forgive”)
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