forbearance

英 [fɔːˈbeərəns]

美 [fɔːrˈberəns]

n.  宽容

GRE法律

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  1. his forbearance to reply was alarming
• good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  Synonym:patiencelonganimity

双语例句

• The second principle is forbearance.
  第二个原则是克制力。
• Let us exercise forbearance and firmness.
  让我们运用我们的克制态度和坚定信念。
• 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。
• Attention, forbearance, patience with Darcy, was injury to Wickham.
  要知道，对达西殷勤，宽容，忍耐，就等于伤害韦翰。
• There is however, a limit a which forbearance cease to be a virtue.
  无论如何，克制有个极限，超过了极限就不再是美德。
• 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。
• The "right way" includes teamwork and forbearance.
  所说的正确方式包括团队精神和忍耐。
• He cast aside his Christian forbearance and forgiveness.
  他把他那种基督教徒的宽容和宽恕抛到了一边。
• Patience is synonymous with forbearance and longsuffering.
  忍耐也就是自制和能吃苦的意思。
• 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。