forgiveness

英 [fəˈɡɪvnəs]

美 [fərˈɡɪvnəs]

n.  原谅; 宽恕; 宽宏大量

复数：forgivenesses　

BNC.9941 / COCA.6980

牛津词典

noun

• 原谅；宽恕；宽宏大量
  the act of forgiving sb; willingness to forgive sb
  1. to pray for God's forgiveness
     祈求上帝宽恕
  2. the forgiveness of sins
     对罪的宽恕
  3. He begged forgiveness for what he had done.
     他乞求饶恕他的所作所为。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 原谅;宽恕
  If you ask forforgiveness, you ask to be forgiven for something wrong that you have done.
  1. I offered up a short prayer for forgiveness.
     我做了个简短的祷告，祈求宽恕。
  2. ...a spirit of forgiveness and national reconciliation.
     宽容与民族和解的精神

英英释义

noun

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense
  Synonym:pardon
• compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

双语例句

• He cast aside his Christian forbearance and forgiveness.
  他把他那种基督教徒的宽容和宽恕抛到了一边。
• We, no less than they, are in constant need of God's patience, love and forgiveness.
  我们和他们一样，也不断需要神的忍耐、爱和饶恕。
• I offered up a short prayer for forgiveness.
  我做了个简短的祷告，祈求宽恕。
• There's a prayer in the Course that I call the "forgiveness prayer".
  课程里面有个祈祷我称之为“宽恕的祈祷”。
• I knew immediately how this would go down with my chief, whose limited capacity for forgiveness surely did not include being upstaged.
  我马上就猜到我的上司怎样看待这件事了。他气量有限，肯定不能容忍别人抢出风头。
• So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
  所以我偷了一辆自行车和请求原谅。
• How does love and forgiveness work together?
  爱和原谅是怎样一起工作的呢？
• They led me in a simple prayer, and I asked forgiveness for my sins.
  他们带我做了一个简单的祷告，我请求宽恕我的罪。
• But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee.
  然而慈悲和宽宥应归于上主我们的天主，因为我们实在都背叛了他。
• Forgiveness is between them and god. It's my job to arrange the meeting.
  宽恕在于上帝和他们之间。安排见面是我的工作。