| 释义 |
〔forgive〕These verbs mean to refrain from imposing punishment on an offender or demanding satisfaction for an offense.The first three can be used as conventional ways of offering apology, as for minor infractions of social proprieties: 这些动词有避免把惩罚强加于冒犯者或要求弥补的意思。前三个词可用于因稍有违背交往习惯而做的习惯性道歉： 〔scarcity〕"Having looked to Government for bread, on the first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them"(Edmund Burke)“他们依靠政府给予面包，稍有不足他们将转身撕咬那只曾抚养他们的手”(埃德蒙·伯克)〔mood〕"The nation was in such a temper that the smallest spark might raise a flame" (Macaulay).“全国上下都十分愤慨以至于稍有火星都可能引起熊熊火焰” （麦考利） |