| 词汇 | forgivable |
| 释义 | forgivable adjective uk /fəˈɡɪv.ə.bəl/ us /fɚˈɡɪv.ə.bəl/ used to say that you can forgive something because you understand it: 可原谅的;可宽恕的 a forgivable mistake情有可原的错误 Synonym excusable Compare venialformal Making & accepting apologies amends apologetically apologize atone for something atonement beg bury bygone conciliatory crawl crawl back (to someone)idiom forge ahead forgive penance repentance resolve your differences shred sink your differencesidiom solatium sorry to bother you Examples of forgivableforgivable However, we must confess that it is a forgivable tautology. The subtitle is something of a forgivable misnomer. The medical profession tends to be guided by the social convention that overtreatment is forgivable in the young and undertreatment is forgivable in the elderly. This is forgivable since it is the largest yet described, and one in which many additional questions remain to be answered. But that overlap and repetition, not normally encountered in a subject-specific scenario when one looks up a given item, is quite forgivable and may indeed be necessary. Hermansen's use of history is uneven, forgivable perhaps if one accepts that he uses history in an attempt to define his imagery, when one is accustomed to the reverse. We are not despairing; it would not he forgivable on this subject to lose hope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that attitude would have been eminently forgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be un- forgivable if we slipped back into the bad old ways of the days of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That sort of inaccuracy is, of course, forgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that, in the circumstances, that is forgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To increase production without warning customers of the inevitable rise in energy costs is even less forgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least the cause of the 1929–31 economic collapse, while not forgivable, can be comprehended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The oversight is entirely forgivable, because the war of 1812 is liable to be dismissed in a line or a paragraph in our history books. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes he was mischievous; he was always forgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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