forbearance是什麽意思

forbearance

英 [fɔː'beər(ə)ns] 美 [fɔr'bɛrəns]

n. 自製，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製和大度。

2. Forbearance is no acquittance.: 緩期不等於作罷.

3. He acted with forbearance toward the hecklers.: 他對質問者表現出極大的克製.

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.

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製態度.

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