| 单词 | forbearing |
| 释义 | forbearing Synonyms: < where life shall be seemly and noble and forbearing … yet strong enough withal to resist aggression — Learned Hand > tolerant emphasizes the acceptance, often negative but usually generous, of what one would be or might be expected to object to or oppose < it will make us tolerant and forgiving, patient with stubbornness and prejudice — A.C.Benson > clement emphasizes a humaneness in the exercise of a power to judge or punish < he was clement whenever he could be clement with safety, and he began to pardon the proscribed — John Buchan > lenient emphasizes the mildness of the judgment or punishment < she looked on his foibles with a lenient eye, for she had been accustomed to such all her life — Anthony Trollope > merciful emphasizes the idea of compassionate treatment, especially with the implication of forgiveness < many have had the impression that he is not very merciful or sympathetic to sinners or enemies of the law — M.R.Cohen > indulgent suggests strongly a laxness, an easygoingness, as from an absence of a precise standard, and often implies a weakness in the exercise of the power to judge, restrain, or punish < a main criticism is that juries are now rigorous, now indulgent, prone to severity in cases involving attacks on property, but to leniency in cases of assault …; too often swayed by local prejudices or political feeling; too susceptible to the oratory of clever criminal lawyers — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > |
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