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forgive

verb
 
🔊/fəˈɡɪv/
🔊/fərˈɡɪv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they forgive
🔊/fəˈɡɪv/
🔊/fərˈɡɪv/
he / she / it forgives
🔊/fəˈɡɪvz/
🔊/fərˈɡɪvz/
past simple forgave
🔊/fəˈɡeɪv/
🔊/fərˈɡeɪv/
past participle forgiven
🔊/fəˈɡɪvn/
🔊/fərˈɡɪvn/
-ing form forgiving
🔊/fəˈɡɪvɪŋ/
🔊/fərˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [transitive, intransitive] to stop feeling angry with somebody who has done something to harm, annoy or upset you; to stop feeling angry with yourself原谅；宽恕
    • forgive somebody Can you ever forgive me?你会有一天能原谅我吗？
    • forgive yourself 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。🔊🔊
    • forgive somebody/yourself for something I'll never forgive her for what she did.我绝不会原谅她做的事。🔊🔊
    • forgive somebody/yourself for doing something She never forgave him for losing her ring.她从没原谅他弄丢了她的戒指。
    • forgive (something) I can't forgive that type of behaviour.我不能宽恕那种行为。🔊🔊
    • We all have to learn to forgive.我们都得学会宽恕。🔊🔊
    • forgive somebody something She'd forgive him anything.无论他做了什么，她都会原谅他。🔊🔊
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    • I couldn't forgive him.我无法原谅他。
    • I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them.我猜罗德尼一直没有完全原谅他们两个人。
    • He fell to his knees and begged God to forgive him.他跪下来，请求上帝宽恕他。
    • Donna would not easily forgive Beth's silly attempt to trick her.唐娜不会轻易原谅贝丝想欺骗她的愚蠢企图。
    • An insult like that isn't easy to forgive.那种侮辱是无法轻易原谅的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • quite
    • ever
    • never
    • …
    verb + forgive
    • be able to
    • be unable to
    • can
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • forgive and forget
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  2.  
     [transitive] used to say in a polite way that you are sorry if what you are doing or saying seems rude or silly对不起；请原谅
    • forgive me 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 for doing something 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… 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？🔊🔊
    • forgive my doing something (formal) 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。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive] forgive (somebody) something (formal) (of a bank, country, etc.银行、国家等) to say that somebody does not need to pay back money that they have borrowed免除（债务）
    • The government has agreed to forgive a large part of the debt.政府同意免除一大部分债务。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginOld English forgiefan, of Germanic origin, related to Dutch vergeven and German vergeben, and ultimately to for- and give.
Idioms
somebody could/might be forgiven for doing something
  1. used to say that it is easy to understand why somebody does or thinks something, although they are wrong某人的做法虽错却是可以理解的
    • 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。🔊🔊
forgive and forget
  1. to stop feeling angry with somebody for something they have done to you and to behave as if it had not happened不念旧恶；不记仇
    • I know what he did was wrong but don’t you think it’s time to forgive and forget?我知道他犯了错，但你不认为现在该是捐弃前嫌的时候了吗？
    • He was not the sort of man to forgive and forget.他不是那种不记仇的人。
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