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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Actually, China's costume is forgivable since this is their first time to join MU.
  实际上，中国小姐的民族服装还可以原谅，毕竟这是她们国家第一次参加环球小姐。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lee's action seriously hurt our national image, ( and) is not forgivable for any reasons, according to a court statement published by the South Korean news agency, Yonhap.
  韩联社发表的法院声明说，李俊锡的行为严重损害了国家形象，无可原谅。
• 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。
• With the stimulus bill the flaws were forgivable: there was an urgent need to give the economy a boost.
  对于刺激方案来说，缺陷是可以原谅的：经济急需要推动。
• 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。