| 单词 | forgivable |
| 释义 | forgivable adjective uk/fəˈɡɪv.ə.bəl/us/fɚˈɡɪv.ə.bəl/used to say that you canforgivesomething because youunderstandit: 可原谅的；可宽恕的a forgivablemistake情有可原的错误 Synonym excusable Compare venialformal Making & accepting apologies
Examplesofforgivableforgivable However, we must confess that it is aforgivabletautology. From theCambridge English Corpus The subtitle is something of aforgivablemisnomer. From theCambridge English Corpus The medical profession tends to be guided by the social convention that overtreatment isforgivablein the young and undertreatment is forgivable in the elderly. From theCambridge English Corpus This isforgivablesince it is the largest yet described, and one in which many additional questions remain to be answered. From theCambridge English Corpus But that overlap and repetition, not normally encountered in a subject-specific scenario when one looks up a given item, is quiteforgivableand may indeed be necessary. From theCambridge English Corpus Hermansen's use of history is uneven,forgivableperhaps if one accepts that he uses history in an attempt to define his imagery, when one is accustomed to the reverse. From theCambridge English Corpus We are not despairing; it would not heforgivableon this subject to lose hope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that attitude would have been eminentlyforgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be un-forgivableif we slipped back into the bad old ways of the days of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That sort of inaccuracy is, of course,forgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that, in the circumstances, that isforgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To increase production without warning customers of the inevitable rise in energy costs is even lessforgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At least the cause of the 1929–31 economic collapse, while notforgivable, can be comprehended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The oversight is entirelyforgivable, because the war of 1812 is liable to be dismissed in a line or a paragraph in our history books. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes he was mischievous; he was alwaysforgivable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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