If you say that someone has shown forbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.
例句
All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.所有綠色和平組織人士表現(xiàn)出了超乎尋常的克制和大度。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
忍耐,克制;寬容
Forbearance is no acquittance.緩期不等于作罷。Pressed beyond the limits of forbearance,our army fought back resolutely and dealt telling blows to the enemy.我軍忍無(wú)可忍,奮起反擊,給了敵人沉重的打擊。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
2. a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting;