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. 原諒;免除(債務、義務等)
- vi. 表示原諒
词源解说
- 直接源自古英語的forgifan,意爲不給処置。
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- forgiving:寬恕的;寬容的;寬大的。
- forgivable:可寬恕的;可原諒的。
- n性質的同根詞
- forgiveness:寬恕;寬仁之心。
- v性質的同根詞
- forgiving:原諒;豁免(forgive的ing形式)。
用法辨析
- forgive的基本意思是“原諒”或“寬恕”某人或對某人所做的違法或過失之事而不施以懲罸甚至打消一切記恨、埋怨或複仇心理,引申可指免除某人的債務等。在禮貌用語中,可表示希望不使他人因自己而被煩擾。
- forgive既可用作及物動詞,又可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或動名詞作賓語,也可接兩個直接賓語,變爲被動結搆時應以人作主語; 用作不及物動詞時,通常與介詞for連用。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- He is not a man who forgives easily.
他不是一個輕易寬恕別人的人。 - I hope you'll forgive me.
希望你能原諒我。 - I cannot forgive his calling me a liar.
他罵我是撒謊者,我不會原諒他。 - He forgave her the awful things she said about him.
他原諒了她所說的關於他的那些壞話。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+ v -ing
用作雙賓動詞: S+~+ pron./n. + n./pron.
词组短语
- forgive one 's life 喪生
- forgive sb 原諒某人
- forgive sb the debt 免除某人的債務
- forgive easily 容易原諒(人)
- forgive graciously 慈悲爲懷
- forgive heartily 寬恕
用作動詞 (v.)
~+名詞
~+副詞
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
- 原諒
- 寬恕