forbearance
英[f??'be?r(?)ns]
美[f?r'b?r?ns]
- n. 自制，忍耐；寬容
英文詞源
- forbearance (n.)
- 1570s, originally legal, in reference to enforcement of debt obligations, from forbear (v.) + -ance. General sense of "a refraining from" is from 1590s.
雙語例句
- 1. All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
- 所有綠色和平組織人士表現出了超乎尋常的克制和大度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Forbearance is no acquittance.
- 緩期不等于作罷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He acted with forbearance toward the hecklers.
- 他對質問者表現出極大的克制.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Pressed beyond the limits of forbearance, our army fought back resolutely and dealt telling blows to the enemy.
- 我軍忍無可忍,奮起反擊, 給了敵人沉重的打擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Elinor wished that the same forbearance could have extended towards herself.
- 埃利諾希望他們對她自己也能持以同樣的克制態度.
來自辭典例句