forgiveness

大学 FREQ #4341

n. 宽恕, 宽仁之心

发音

UK /fəˈɡɪvnəs/
US /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/

词形变化

forgivenesses 复数 forgivenesses

教材释义与例句

名词

宽恕；宽仁之心

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of forgiving.

    饶恕

    宽恕

    不可数

    He begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.

  2. 2.

    A readiness to forgive.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pardon

上位词 4

mercy kindness benignity mercifulness

下位词 2

condonation exculpation

相关短语

it's better to ask forgiveness than permission it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- Proto-Germanic *gebaną ▲ Late Latin perdōnōcalq. Proto-Germanic *fragebaną Old English forġiefan Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Old English forġiefnes Middle English forgiveness English forgiveness From Middle English forgiveness, forgifnes, from Old English forġiefnes. By surface analysis, forgive + -ness. Cognate with Dutch vergiffenis.

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