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| /fəˈgɪv/ |
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| 1 | to decide that you will not be angry with someone who has offended, upset , or harmed you 原谅；饶恕；宽恕 |
| His children have never fully forgiven him. 他的子女们从未完全原谅他。 |
| forgive sb for doing sth She eventually forgave him for forgetting her birthday. 她终于原谅他忘了她的生日。 |
| forgive yourself John has never forgiven himself for the accident. 约翰为了那场事故从未原谅过自己。 |
| forgive sb sth They’ re nice boys, so we tend to forgive them their occasional bouts of bad behaviour. 他们是乖孩子，所以我们会原谅他们偶尔几次的表现欠佳。 |
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| 2 | business if a country or bank forgives a debt , they decide that the debt does not have to be paid back 免除，取消（债务） |
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| - | sb could be forgiven for thinking/wondering/believing etc
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| used for saying that it is not surprising that someone thinks or believes something , even though they are wrong to do so |
| 某人认为/感到疑惑/相信等是可以原谅的 |
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| Voters could be forgiven for thinking that the major parties have no policies at all for the environment. 选民们认为主要政党对环境问题根本没有对策是可以原谅的。 |
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| - | forgive and forget
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| to decide not to continue being angry about something someone has done , and not to allow your memory of it to influence your future relationship |
| 不念旧恶 |
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| - | forgive me (for doing sth)/forgive my doing sth spoken
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| used when you want to say or do something that may offend the person you are talking to |
| 请原谅，对不起（用于想说或做某种可能冒犯对方的事） |
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| Forgive me, but I must leave now. 请原谅，我现在得走了。 |
| Forgive me for asking, but how much did you pay for that vase? 原谅我问一下，你买那个花瓶花了多少钱？ |
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