forbearance
英 [fɔːˈbeərəns]
美 [fɔːrˈberəns]
n. 宽容
BNC.22490 / COCA.22860
牛津词典
noun
- 宽容
the quality of being patient and sympathetic towards other people, especially when they have done sth wrong
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 忍耐;克制
If you say that someone has shownforbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.- All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
所有绿色和平组织人士表现出了超乎寻常的克制和大度。
- All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
英英释义
noun
- a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
- his forbearance to reply was alarming
- good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
双语例句
- I learned forbearance, nobility of the character, and a steady temper.
从我的外婆，我学到了忍辱负重，高尚的人格，平和的脾气。 - Us forbearance will not last forever.
美国的忍耐不会永远持续下去。 - This forbearance on the part of youth would be much more appreciated if it were extended likewise to sermons.
如果青年人的这种克制能同样扩大到讲道方面去，那么它将会受到大得多的赞赏。 - There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
克服也有个限度，超过了限度就不再是美德。 - I wrote to him an ingenuous letter of acknowledgment, craving his forbearance a little longer.
我给他写了一封十分坦率的感谢信，希望他能再度宽容一段时间。 - The policy was forbearance, to avoid armed intervention.
此项政策讲求克制，避免武装干预。 - He thanked his employees for the forbearance they had shown during the company's difficult times.
他感谢员工们在公司困难时期所表现出来的宽容。 - They have loan forgiveness options, they have better deferment and forbearance options as well.
联邦贷款拥有贷款宽恕选项，以及更优惠的延期和延缓还款选项。 - Elinor wished that the same forbearance could have extended towards herself.
埃利诺希望他们对她自己也能持以同样的克制态度。 - But the forbearance shown by a valiant and brave person is true forgiveness.
但是及其勇敢者所表现出的忍耐是真正的宽恕。