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源自中古英语 'forgiven',由古英语 'forgiefan' 演变而来,意为‘给予’或‘原谅’。
❶ 原谅或宽恕某人,不再对其过错或冒犯感到愤怒或怨恨。常用于表示过去已经完成的行为。
“She has forgiven him for his mistakes.”
(她已经原谅了他的错误。)
“I thought he would never be forgiven for what he did.”
(我以为他永远不会被原谅他所做的事。)
forgiven and forgotten — 表示不仅原谅了某人的过错,而且不再提起或记住它。
“Let's put this behind us and make it forgiven and forgotten.”
(让我们把这件事抛在脑后,既往不咎。)