forbearance

英 [fɔːˈbeərəns]

美 [fɔːrˈberəns]

n.  宽容

GRE法律

BNC.22490 / COCA.22860

牛津词典

noun

• 宽容
  the quality of being patient and sympathetic towards other people, especially when they have done sth wrong

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 忍耐;克制
  If you say that someone has shownforbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.
  1. All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
     所有绿色和平组织人士表现出了超乎寻常的克制和大度。

英英释义

noun

• a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  1. his forbearance to reply was alarming
• good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  Synonym:patiencelonganimity

双语例句

• The second principle is forbearance.
  第二个原则是克制力。
• But the forbearance shown by a valiant and brave person is true forgiveness.
  但是及其勇敢者所表现出的忍耐是真正的宽恕。
• They have loan forgiveness options, they have better deferment and forbearance options as well.
  联邦贷款拥有贷款宽恕选项，以及更优惠的延期和延缓还款选项。
• Our Confederacy, fellow citizens, can only be preserved by the same forbearance.
  同胞们，只能以相同的忍耐来保护我们的联盟。
• We've always taken an attitude of forbearance.
  我们一向采取克制态度。
• Even this forbearance has led to a great deal of trouble, as Boush can attest.
  然而，即使是对魔法如此严令禁止，也给他们带来了很多麻烦，这一点鲍什深有体会。
• The parents showed remarkaBle forBearance toward their defiant and unruly son.
  父母对儿子的桀骜不驯示以了极大宽容。
• In this ninja's world, every young masters are to develop an own forbearance Road.
  在这个忍者的世界中，每一位年轻的主人翁都在开拓着属于自己的忍道。
• This forbearance on the part of youth would be much more appreciated if it were extended likewise to sermons.
  如果青年人的这种克制能同样扩大到讲道方面去，那么它将会受到大得多的赞赏。
• There is however, a limit a which forbearance cease to be a virtue.
  无论如何，克制有个极限，超过了极限就不再是美德。