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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 reudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.
  他当时的无理情有可原。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。