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单词 condone
释义
condonecon‧done /kənˈdəʊn $ -ˈdoʊn/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcondone
Origin:
1800-1900 Latin condonare ‘to forgive’, from com- (COM-) + donare (DONATION)
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
condone
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycondone
he, she, itcondones
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycondoned
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave condoned
he, she, ithas condoned
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad condoned
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill condone
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have condoned
Continuous Form
PresentIam condoning
he, she, itis condoning
you, we, theyare condoning
PastI, he, she, itwas condoning
you, we, theywere condoning
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been condoning
he, she, ithas been condoning
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been condoning
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be condoning
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been condoning
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I'm not condoning his behaviour, but I can understand why he wanted revenge on his daughter's attacker.
  • Some parents feel that making birth control available to teenagers somehow condones sexual activity.
  • The state appears to condone police brutality.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • According to numerous opinion polls, they solidly oppose the kinds of discrimination that Cardinal Ratzinger condoned.
  • Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
  • Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what he did in the Widnes-Castleford game.
  • She most certainly at no time condoned what had happened to her daughter.
  • The state has managed both to condone and to condemn prostitution.
  • To appear to condone the Confederacy is to appear to condone slavery.
  • While Miss Lidgett showed some appreciation of the woman's circumstances, she was unable to condone her course of action.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto approve of something or someone
· Don will only buy the motorcycle if his parents approve.approve of · I was surprised that Mom seemed to approve of Tracy's new boyfriend.· Bob doesn't approve of alcohol.· Forty percent of registered voters approved of Senator Campbell.approve of (somebody) doing something · Do you approve of doctors using human embryos for research?
spoken to approve of something -- used especially when you are talking about something other people might not agree with: · My mother made me get a part-time job when I was sixteen, and I think that's right.think it is right (for somebody) to do something: · The bank invests a lot of money in the tobacco industry: do you think it's right for them to do that?· He doesn't think it's right for someone so young to be learning about sex at school.
to approve of something such as a decision, a way of doing something, or a plan: · Mr. Senator, do you agree with the court's decision?· I have never agreed with animal experimentation.
to approve of a type of behaviour or way of doing something, especially because you think there are important principles involved: · Hilary doesn't believe in sex before marriage.believe in doing something: · We believe in letting everyone have the right to see their own medical records.
to say or show that you approve of something that most people think is wrong: · The state appears to condone police brutality.· I'm not condoning his behaviour, but I can understand why he wanted revenge on his daughter's attacker.
to accept or forgive behaviour that most people think is morally wrong:  I cannot condone the use of violence under any circumstances.
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