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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Is infidelity ever forgivable?
  不贞的行为可以宽恕吗？
• 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。
• In the past, personal transgressions were forgivable for exceptionally talented leaders.
  在过去，对于才干超群的优秀领导人，他们的越轨行为通常会得到宽恕。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。