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

• Our forbearance should never be misunderstood.
  对我们的忍让绝不应误解。
• The ability to face and overcome opposition brings the inner qualities of strength and forbearance.
  能力面对和克服反对带来力量和忍耐的内在质量。
• 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。
• 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。
• It pursued a policy of deliberate forbearance.
  该机构奉行的是一种刻意宽容的政策。
• 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。
• 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。
• Being driven beyond the limits of forbearance, Chinese frontier troops fought back in self defense.
  在忍无可忍的情况下，中国边防部队进行了自卫反击。
• 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。
• 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。