| 词汇 | condoning |
| 释义 | condoning present participle ofcondone condone verb[ T ] uk /kənˈdəʊn/ us /kənˈdoʊn/ to accept or allow behaviour that is wrong: 宽恕，饶恕;纵容;包容，容忍 If the government is seen to condone violence, the bloodshed will never stop.一旦认定政府纵容暴力，那流血事件就永远不会停止。 Synonym excuse Allowing and permitting admission admit admit of something allow of something allowable authorization authorize consent entrance excuse give the green light to somethingidiom given the chance/choiceidiom green-light hall pass hospital admission relicense relicensure say-so security clearance see your way (clear) to doing somethingidiom Examples of condoningcondoning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. What are the criteria for condoning her action, not to say actively assisting it? In essence, this could be seen as condoning and abetting "teenage" pregnancy - which is culturally and professionally discouraged. In the former case, it may not be clear whether the official is condoning the behavior or simply tolerating it. I'm not condoning what they do by any means. I am far from condoning any such measures; some of my family members suffered greatly during that time. In other words, we maintain that one can accept pluralism (different versions, partial truths), without thereby condoning all versions and any actions. In condoning such measures, the ministry avoided potential instability in the system. This willingness to condemn the generalised 'other', while apparently condoning one's own family members, might appear to the cynic as mere hypocrisy. His study treads carefully between the dangers of a crude censuring of corruption and incompetence and an understanding, and therefore a condoning, of the activities of a patrimonial society. The virtue of what we are doing is that it is extremely limited and doesn't put us in a position of condoning interpretations of our work. I suggest that 0·3 deaths per annum for every 1,000 miles of main demonstrates that we are not condoning tragedies that should be avoided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not only condoning extravagance; it is asking for waste. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be no question of condoning violations of human rights. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The consequence of that would be that we in this country were condoning the very violence which we are all condemning tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their horror at condoning the slightest breach is something to be seen. 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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