forgivable

英 [fəˈɡɪvəbl]

美 [fərˈɡɪvəbl]

adj.  可原谅的; 可宽恕的

法律

BNC.35942 / COCA.30747

牛津词典

adj.

• 可原谅的；可宽恕的
  that you can understand and forgive
  1. His rudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.
     他当时的无理情有可原。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可原谅的;可宽恕的
  If you say that something bad isforgivable, you mean that you can understand it and can forgive it in the circumstances.
  1. Is infidelity ever forgivable?
     不贞的行为可以宽恕吗？
  2. This was a blunder by Mr Baker, but it was a forgivable one.
     这是贝克先生的一时疏忽，但是可以原谅。

英英释义

adj

• easily excused or forgiven
  1. a venial error
  Synonym:excusablevenial

双语例句

• Where steroid use is forgivable, or at least understandable, on the way to a winning record.
  在通往创造获胜纪录的道路上，类固醇的使用尚属于可以原谅，或者至少是可以理解之事。
• The grass is greener, bird songs are sweeter, the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.
  草儿更绿，鸟儿的歌声更加美妙，朋友的缺点也变得更加可以理解、原谅。
• His reudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.
  他当时的无理情有可原。
• MOVING house is always traumatic, and the odd tear would have been forgivable as the flag came down over America's old base at the South Pole.
  举家搬迁难免令人黯然神伤，看着国旗从美国南极站老基地上缓缓移下，即使潸然泪下也是情有可原。
• The forgivable response is to hope and get the blusher out.
  而她只能希望并设法使红红的巴掌印早日褪去，算是原谅吧。
• His actions, to his small perverted mind, were surely forgivable.
  对他狭隘扭曲的心灵来说，他的行为当然是可以原谅的。
• This faux pas is forgivable from time to time, but when it becomes a persistent characteristic, interrupting may cost you your job. and even a few friends.
  这种失礼的行为有时候会被对方原谅，但是如果演变为一种习惯就会使你丢掉自己的饭碗，甚至失去朋友。
• There are times when showing off may be forgivable and maybe even acceptable.
  有的时候卖弄可以得到原谅甚至是可以接受的。
• I grew up nearby and rode regularly through the park and woodlands when they belonged to a former Conservative MP. They were a forgivable muddle.
  我在附近长大，经常骑车穿过公园和林地，当时它们都属于某保守党前国会议员，那里曾经混乱不堪，但可以原谅。
• This was a blunder by Mr Baker, but it was a forgivable one.
  这是贝克先生的一时疏忽，但是可以原谅。