1. vt. & vi.原谅；饶恕　 say or feel that one is no longer angry about
2. vt.免除　 say that sb need not repay sth

　～ one's life　丧生
　～ sb's sin　饶恕某人的罪行
　～ sb the debt　免除某人的债务
　～ easily　容易原谅（人）
　～ graciously　慈悲为怀
　～ heartily　宽恕
　～ meekly　心宽
　～ sb for　原谅某人的…
　～ sb for a mistake　原谅某人的错误
　～ sb for being rude　原谅某人的鲁莽

　He is not a man who forgives easily.　他不是一个轻易宽恕别人的人。
　To error is human, to forgive is divine.　犯错是人之常情，宽容才是超凡脱俗。
　I hope you'll forgive me.　希望你能原谅我。
　Your disciple failed to welcome you. Forgive me.　你的徒弟没能迎接你，请原谅我。
　Forgive me, but I'm busy at the moment. I can't go out with you.　对不起，我现在很忙，不能和你外出。
　We may not agree about this, but forgive me, Geoffrey, I think we could at least discuss it.　我们在这一点上也许看法不一，但请谅解，乔弗莱，我想，我们对此事起码可以商讨一下吧。
　Will you try to forgive me, my dearest, as I forgave you?　亲爱的，您能像我原谅您那样地原谅我吗?
　I was unkind last night; please forgive me if you can.　昨晚我不太礼貌，能否请你原谅。
　They forgave their enemies.　他们饶恕了敌人。
　I forgave his behaviour.　我宽恕了他的行为。
　We can't forgive his impoliteness.　我们不能原谅他的粗鲁。
　It was clearly a lymphoma, if you forgave my medical jargon.　如果你能谅解我使用医学术语的话，那分明是个淋巴瘤。
　You're forgiven.　原谅你了。
　Your sins will be forgiven.　你的罪将被宽恕。
　Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.　犯了罪不能说没犯罪，只能求宽恕。
　I cannot forgive his calling me a liar.　他骂我是撒谎者，我不会原谅他。
　Jack will never forgive swearing in his presence.　杰克绝不会宽恕当着他的面骂人。
　He forgave her the awful things she said about him.　他原谅了她所说的关于他的那些坏话。
　She forgave him his thoughtless remark.　她原谅了他那无心的话。
　They forgave us our rudeness.　他们原谅了我们的无理。
　Have you forgiven him his rudeness?　你原谅了他的粗鲁吗?
　Forgive me my offence.　请原谅我的冒失。
　Please forgive me my neglect in returning your dictionary.　请原谅我的疏忽，没有把字典还给你。
　If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.　如果你们饶恕他们的过失，你们的天父也必将饶恕你们的过失。
　He forgave our friends their faults.　他宽恕了我们那些朋友的过失。
　I'm surprised that he should agree to forgive you the debt unconditionally.　使我感到惊讶的是，他会无条件同意豁免你的债务。
　Will you forgive me the debt?　你豁免我的债务行吗?
　He was forgiven his offences.　他的罪被赦免了。

 ♣ forgive for　(v.+prep.)
　原谅（某人）做了（某件错事）　show mercy to sb for a fault
　〔说明〕 forgive for通常不用于进行体。
　I'll never forgive you for what you said to me last night.　我绝不会宽恕你昨晚对我所说的话。
　I will never forgive you for what you have done to me.　我永远也不会宽恕你对我所做的事。
　I cannot forgive myself for not seeing my mother before she died.　母亲临终前我未去看她，为这件事我永远不会原谅我自己。
　I shall never forgive myself for failing to help you when you were in danger.　在你遭遇危险的时候，我未能及时帮助你，这是我永远不能饶恕自己的过失。
　Can you forgive me for forgetting your birthday?　你能原谅我忘了你的生日吗?
　Forgive me for misunderstanding you.　请原谅，我误解了你的意思。
　Forgive me for leaving some of your questions unanswered.　请原谅，你有几个问题我没回答。
　He forgave her for missing the date.　他原谅了她的失约。
　An Ming forgave her brother for tearing off a page from her exercise book.　安明的弟弟从她练习本上撕了一页，她原谅了他。
　He was forgiven for missing the meeting.　他没有来开会，得到了（大家的）谅解。
　The family could be forgiven for thinking that we were still in London.　家人以为我们还在伦敦也是可以谅解的。
 ♣ forgive and forget
　不念旧恶，不记某人的仇　dismiss from one's mind all unkind feelings and the desire to blame and punish sb
　Don't hold grudges against people who have hurt you; you should forgive and forget.　不要怨恨那些伤害过你的人，你应该不念旧恶。
　Let's forget our quarrels, forgive and forget, and do something constructive together.　让我们忘掉过去的争吵，别记仇啦！还是在一起做些有建设意义的事情吧。
　After the argument the boys decide to forgive and forget.　经过争论之后，男孩们决定互相原谅不记前仇。
　It's best to forgive and forget.　最好是捐弃前嫌。

 ♣ forgive, spare
　参见spare条。

　原谅我来这么晚。
　［误］ Forgive me to come so late.
　［正］ Forgive me for coming so late.
　［析］ 表示“原谅某人做某事”须用forgive sb for sth/v-ing结构，不可接不定式。

　［同义词］ condone, exculpate, excuse, pardon
　［反义词］ blame, censure, condemn, discipline, punish
　［词源］　古英语forgifan（不给处置）