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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Now downside of this, well, I've just now violated my preference for having main up top, maybe that's forgivable.
  现在在后面，我违反了把main函数放在上面的优先级，可能那是可以宽恕的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thirteen years on, it has come to be a much less forgivable name for any old fool in possession of an ego and a blog.
  13年后，对于任何一个拥有博客的自负的老糊涂而言，这个头衔已经不那么值得宽恕了。
• 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。
• Some angst would be forgivable.
  人们有些许担忧是可以理解的。