forgive
音标发音
- 英式音标 [fəˈɡɪv]
- 美式音标 [fɚˈɡɪv]
- 国际音标 [fə'ɡiv]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 原谅；免除（债务、义务等）
- vi. 表示原谅
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的forgifan，意为不给处置。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- forgiving：宽恕的；宽容的；宽大的。
- forgivable：可宽恕的；可原谅的。
- n性质的同根词
- forgiveness：宽恕；宽仁之心。
- v性质的同根词
- forgiving：原谅；豁免（forgive的ing形式）。
用法辨析
- forgive的基本意思是“原谅”或“宽恕”某人或对某人所做的违法或过失之事而不施以惩罚甚至打消一切记恨、埋怨或复仇心理,引申可指免除某人的债务等。在礼貌用语中,可表示希望不使他人因自己而被烦扰。
- forgive既可用作及物动词,又可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或动名词作宾语,也可接两个直接宾语,变为被动结构时应以人作主语; 用作不及物动词时,通常与介词for连用。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He is not a man who forgives easily.
他不是一个轻易宽恕别人的人。 - I hope you'll forgive me.
希望你能原谅我。 - I cannot forgive his calling me a liar.
他骂我是撒谎者,我不会原谅他。 - He forgave her the awful things she said about him.
他原谅了她所说的关于他的那些坏话。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+ v -ing
用作双宾动词: S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.
词组短语
- forgive one 's life 丧生
- forgive sb 原谅某人
- forgive sb the debt 免除某人的债务
- forgive easily 容易原谅(人)
- forgive graciously 慈悲为怀
- forgive heartily 宽恕
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
～+副词
英英字典
- to stop blaming or being angry with someone for something that person has done, or not punish them for something
- to say that money does not have to be paid back
- If you forgive someone who has done something bad or wrong, you stop being angry with them and no longer want to punish them.
- Forgive is used in polite expressions and apologies like "forgive me" and "forgive my ignorance" when you are saying or doing something that might seem rude, silly, or complicated.
- If you say that someone could be forgiven for doing something, you mean that they were wrong or mistaken, but not seriously, because many people would have done the same thing in those circumstances.
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专业释义
- 原谅
- 宽恕