condone

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcondonecon‧done /kənˈdəʊn $ -ˈdoʊn/ verb [transitive] APPROVEto accept or forgive behaviour that most people think is morally wrong I cannot condone the use of violence under any circumstances.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscondone• According to numerous opinion polls, they solidly oppose the kinds of discrimination that Cardinal Ratzinger condoned.• While Miss Lidgett showed some appreciation of the woman's circumstances, she was unable to condone her course of action.• I'm not condoning his behaviour, but I can understand why he wanted revenge on his daughter's attacker.• Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?• The state appears to condone police brutality.• To appear to condone the Confederacy is to appear to condone slavery.• She most certainly at no time condoned what had happened to her daughter.• Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what he did in the Widnes-Castleford game.Origin condone (1800-1900) Latin condonare “to forgive”, from com- ( → COM-) + donare ( → DONATION)

单词	condone
释义	condone From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcondonecon‧done /kənˈdəʊn $ -ˈdoʊn/ verb [transitive] APPROVEto accept or forgive behaviour that most people think is morally wrong I cannot condone the use of violence under any circumstances.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscondone• According to numerous opinion polls, they solidly oppose the kinds of discrimination that Cardinal Ratzinger condoned.• While Miss Lidgett showed some appreciation of the woman's circumstances, she was unable to condone her course of action.• I'm not condoning his behaviour, but I can understand why he wanted revenge on his daughter's attacker.• Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?• The state appears to condone police brutality.• To appear to condone the Confederacy is to appear to condone slavery.• She most certainly at no time condoned what had happened to her daughter.• Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what he did in the Widnes-Castleford game.Origin condone (1800-1900) Latin condonare “to forgive”, from com- ( → COM-) + donare ( → DONATION)
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