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am·nes·ty /ˈæmnɪstɪ/ n. | vt.
I n.
1. (尤指对政治犯的)大赦；赦免
a general (partial) amnesty 全面(部分)赦免
Demonstrators demand a blanket amnesty for political prisoners. 示威者们要求全面赦免政治犯。
The government proclaimed a series of amnesties freeing hundreds of convicted prisoners. 政府颁布了一系列赦令，释放了数百名已被定罪的囚犯。
They were released under an amnesty. 他们是根据大赦令而获释的。
grant amnesty to sb. 赦免某人
2. (故意的)忽视，忽略
II vt.
对…实行大赦；赦免
[< L amnēstia < Gr: oblivion < amnēstos forgetting < A-⁵ + -mnēstos < mnasthai to remember + -Y³] |