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VERB
原諒;饒恕;寬恕
If you forgive someone who has done something bad or wrong, you stop being angry with them and no longer want to punish them.
例句
Hopefully she'll understand and forgive you, if she really loves you...
如果她真的愛(ài)你的話，希望她會(huì)理解并原諒你。
She'd find a way to forgive him for the theft of the money...
她會(huì)讓自己原諒他偷錢(qián)的行為的。
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V-PASSIVE
情有可原
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.
例句
Looking at the figures, you could be forgiven for thinking the recession is already over...
看看這些數(shù)字，難怪你會(huì)覺(jué)得經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。
If the research which enticed them to Britain is removed, they can be forgiven for feeling betrayed.
如果吸引他們來(lái)到英國(guó)的研究項(xiàng)目被取消了，他們感覺(jué)遭到了背叛也是情有可原的。
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VERB
(用于禮貌用語(yǔ)或道歉語(yǔ)中)請(qǐng)?jiān)?恕我無(wú)知
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.
例句
Forgive me, I don't mean to insult you...
請(qǐng)?jiān)彛也⒎怯幸馕耆枘恪?/i>
I do hope you'll forgive me but I've got to leave...
我真的非常抱歉，我得走了。
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VERB
免除(債務(wù))
If an organization such as a bank forgives someone's debt, they agree not to ask for that money to be repaid.
例句
The American Congress has agreed to forgive Egypt's military debt.
美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)同意免除埃及的軍事債務(wù)。