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

• It` s certainly forgivable, but it` s not one I would have made myself were I given the chance to follow him.
  这一点固然可以原谅，但我却不会做同样的选择&即便给我追随他的机会也是枉然。
• 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。
• 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。
• Soot-deficiency is a forgivable offense, but Hillcoat's "The Road" is missing other things, too.
  烟尘的缺陷是可以原谅的冒犯，但Hillcoat的“末日危途”也缺少其他东西。
• 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。
• Is infidelity ever forgivable?
  不贞的行为可以宽恕吗？
• 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。
• In offices, where blind optimism is more forgivable than even mild pessimism, staffers wait for the time when their head hopers won't know what hit them& but it usually ends up being a promotion.
  在办公室这样的环境下，即使是盲目的乐观也会比轻微的悲观更容易被接受，乐观主义者的同事等着看他们大祸临头的样子&但结果却常常是获得晋升。
• This faux pas is forgivable from time to time, but when it becomes a persistent characteristic, interrupting may cost you your job. and even a few friends.
  这种失礼的行为有时候会被对方原谅，但是如果演变为一种习惯就会使你丢掉自己的饭碗，甚至失去朋友。
• I grew up nearby and rode regularly through the park and woodlands when they belonged to a former Conservative MP. They were a forgivable muddle.
  我在附近长大，经常骑车穿过公园和林地，当时它们都属于某保守党前国会议员，那里曾经混乱不堪，但可以原谅。