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

• We've always taken an attitude of forbearance.
  我们一向采取克制态度。
• 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。
• Let us exercise forbearance and firmness.
  让我们运用我们的克制态度和坚定信念。
• 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。
• 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。
• Patience is synonymous with forbearance and longsuffering.
  忍耐也就是自制和能吃苦的意思。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。