forgive

英 [fə'gɪv] 美[fɚ'ɡɪv]

vt. 原谅；免除（债务、义务等）
vi. 表示原谅

近义词 pardon excuse quit absolve

反义词 punish

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英英释义

1. stop blaming or grant forgiveness;: "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"

2. absolve from payment;: "I forgive you your debt"

同义词辨析

excuse, pardon, forgive, overlook

这些动词均有"原谅"之意。

excuse：口语常用词，语气较轻。指原谅轻微的过错、疏忽或过失。

pardon比excuse正式，指原谅或宽恕严重的过失或法律上的犯罪行为；在社会交场合则指对打搅他人表示歉意。

forgive：侧重从心里宽恕某人，暗示放弃一切愤恨和要求报偿的权利。

overlook：语气较弱，指宽容或不计较无关大局的过失。

词组搭配

one could (或 may) be forgiven for doing something

it would be understandable if one mistakenly did a particular thing

可以理解（某种出错）

with the plaster palm trees, you could be forgiven for thinking you were somewhere on Hollywood Boulevard.
有那么多石膏棕榈树，即使你误以为你是走在好莱坞大道上也是可以理解的。

考试真题

Forgive the mess in here, we have a party last night.

And while you may forgive your smartphone an occasional fault, you probably have less patience for error messages from your door lock.

Nor is the global economy forgiving of an American workforce with increasingly weak literacy, math and science abilities.

Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own shortcomings.

I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place.

Start with herbs, she recommends, because "they're very forgiving".

Such a person may be forgiven if he is late, but not those who are deliberately late to create impression.

实用场景例句

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。

The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt.: 政府同意免除一大部分债务。

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 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 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？

I'll never forgive her for what she did.: 我绝不会原谅她做的事。

I can't forgive that type of behaviour.: 我不能宽恕那种行为。

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。

She'd forgive him anything.: 她会原谅他的任何事。

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, I don't mean to insult you...: 请原谅，我并非有意侮辱你。

I do hope you'll forgive me but I've got to leave...: 我真的非常抱歉，我得走了。

The American Congress has agreed to forgive Egypt's military debt.: 美国国会同意免除埃及的军事债务。

If the research which enticed them to Britain is removed, they can be forgiven for feeling betrayed.: 如果吸引他们来到英国的研究项目被取消了，他们感觉遭到了背叛也是情有可原的。

Hopefully she'll understand and forgive you, if she really loves you...: 如果她真的爱你的话，希望她会理解并原谅你。

She'd find a way to forgive him for the theft of the money...: 她会让自己原谅他偷钱的行为的。

Looking at the figures, you could be forgiven for thinking the recession is already over...: 看看这些数字，难怪你会觉得经济衰退已经结束了。

You'd better go and make amends to him. I'm sure he'll forgive you.: 你最好是负荆请罪, 我相信他会原谅你.

Forgive me for leaving some of your questions unanswered.: 请原谅,你有几个问题我没回答.

If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.: 如果你们饶恕他们的过失, 你们的天父也必将饶恕你们的过失.

Forgive me for my long silence.: 请原谅我好久没给你写信.

I hope you'll forgive me.: 希望你能原谅我.

Can you forgive me for forgetting your birthday?: 你能原谅我忘了你的生日吗 ?

Forgive us our trespasses!: 宽恕我们的罪过吧!

I'll never forgive you for what you said to me last night.: 我绝不会宽恕你昨晚对我所说的话.

I shall not forgive you if there's the slightest mistake.: 如有半点差池,我不会宽饶了你.

It was most generous of you to forgive me.: 你原谅了我的过错,真够意思.

I cannot forgive myself for not seeing my grandfather before he died.: 祖父临终前我未去看他,为此我永远不会原谅我自己.

词态变化

第三人称单数: forgives;过去式: forgave;过去分词: forgiven;现在分词: forgiving;

中文词源

forgive 原谅

来自古英语forgiefan, 给予，允许，for-, 完全的，give, 给予，施予。用来翻译法语词pardon, 原谅。后词义由允许过渡到原谅。

英文词源

forgive: forgive: [OE] Forgive is what is known technically as a ‘calque’ or loan translation – that is, it was created by taking the component parts of a foreign word, translating them literally, and then putting them back together to form a new word. In this case the foreign word was Latin perdōnāre ‘forgive’ (source of English pardon), which was a compound verb formed from per- ‘thoroughly’ and dōnāre ‘give’ (its underlying sense was ‘give wholeheartedly’). These two elements were translated in prehistoric Germanic times and assembled to give *fergeban, from which have come German vergeben, Dutch vergeven, and English forgive.
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forgive (v.): Old English forgiefan "give, grant, allow; remit (a debt), pardon (an offense)," also "give up" and "give in marriage" (past tense forgeaf, past participle forgifen); from for-, here probably "completely," + giefan "give" (see give (v.)).

The sense of "to give up desire or power to punish" (late Old English) is from use of such a compound as a Germanic loan-translation of Vulgar Latin *perdonare (Old Saxon fargeban, Dutch vergeven, German vergeben "to forgive," Gothic fragiban "to grant;" and see pardon (n.)). Related: Forgave; forgiven; forgiving.

双语例句

1. I can never, ever forgive him. I despise him.: 我永远不会原谅他。我鄙视他。

2. I do hope you'll forgive me but I've got to leave.: 我真的非常抱歉，我得走了。

3. The American Congress has agreed to forgive Egypt's military debt.: 美国国会同意免除埃及的军事债务。

4. Would they forgive and forget — or show him the door?: 他们会既往不咎吗——还是会对他下逐客令呢？

5. Hopefully she'llunderstand and forgive you, if she really loves you.: 如果她真的爱你的话，希望她会理解并原谅你。