forbearance
英 [fɔː'beər(ə)ns]
美[fɔr'bɛrəns]
- n. 自制，忍耐；宽容
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Forbearance is no acquittance.
- 缓期不等于作罢.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He acted with forbearance toward the hecklers.
- 他对质问者表现出极大的克制.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Pressed beyond the limits of forbearance, our army fought back resolutely and dealt telling blows to the enemy.
- 我军忍无可忍,奋起反击, 给了敌人沉重的打击.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句