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小词详解 | forbearance
英 [fɔːˈbeərəns] 美 [fɔːrˈberəns]
Sidewalk Labs’s proposal notes that the project needs “substantial forbearances from existing [city] laws and regulations”.
人行道实验室的方案指出,该项目需要“现有的(城市)法律和法规给予大量宽容”。
——《经济学人》Nelson Mandela, who led the emancipation of South Africa from white minority rule and served as his country’s first black president, becoming an international emblem of dignity and forbearance, died Thursday. He was 95.
纳尔逊·曼德拉,这位把南非从白人少数统治下解放出来的领导者、南非第一位黑人总统、尊严与克制的国际象征,周四离世。享年95岁。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 耐心的自我控制;克制和容忍
Forbearance is no acquittance.
缓期不等于作罢(即放宽期限不等于免除债务)。
她回答他无礼的问题时显示出极大的宽容。
She showed great forbearance in answering his rude questions.
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
克制也有个限度,超过了限度就不再是美德。
endurance: the fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way
resignation: the acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable
stoicism: the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint