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

• 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。
• His reudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.
  他当时的无理情有可原。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her lack of sympathy was perhaps forgivable.
  她缺乏同情心也许是情有可原的。
• Is infidelity ever forgivable?
  不贞的行为可以宽恕吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。