He could never pardon her for the things she had said.
他永远不会原谅她说的话。
3somebody may be pardoned for doing somethingUNDERSTANDused to say that it is easy to understandwhy someone has done something or why they think something 某人做某事情有可原
Anyone reading the advertisement might be pardoned for thinking that the offer was genuine.
那些看了那则广告认为报价属实的人都情有可原。
4pardon mespoken
a)SORRY/APOLOGIZEused to say ‘sorry’ politely when you have accidentally pushed someone or interrupted them 对不起,请原谅〔无意中碰到某人或打断某人说话时的礼貌用语〕
Oh, pardon me, I didn’t mean to disturb you.
噢,对不起,我不是有意要打扰你。
b)SORRY/APOLOGIZEused to say ‘sorry’ politely after you have made an impolitesound such as a burp 对不起,很抱歉〔在发出打嗝等不礼貌的声音后的礼貌用语〕
c)DISAGREEused before you politely correct someone or disagree with them 对不起,不好意思〔在纠正或不同意某人时的礼貌用语〕
James, if you’ll pardon me, you’ve got it all wrong.
詹姆斯,不好意思,你全都搞错了。
d)ASK A QUESTIONused to politely get someone’s attention in order to ask them a question 对不起,劳驾〔为提问而吸引别人注意力时的礼貌用语〕SYN excuse me
Pardon me, can you direct me to City Hall?
劳驾,您能告诉我去市政厅怎么走吗?
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pardon me• I ask you to pardon me.• Pardon me, but I'd betteranswer that phone.• Pardon me, but that's not exactly what happened.• Rex, pardon me, but you don't seem to be shrugging helplessly or shaking your head.• You must pardon me, by the way, for speaking to you in this vague way.• Pardon me, can you tell me how to get to the library?• Or is it, pardon me for being so vulgar but others will ask the same, her family?• And can you pardon me for coming to such a conclusion as that in the last line of my verses?• Pardon me for thinking they were important, pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical, pardon me for loving you.
5pardon me for interrupting/asking/sayingspokenPOLITE used to politely ask if you can interrupt someone, ask them a question, or tell them something 请原谅我插话/问/说
Pardon me for saying so, but you don’t look well.
请原谅我这么说,不过你看上去气色不太好。
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pardon me for interrupting/asking/saying• Pardon me for asking, but where did you buy your shoes?
6pardon my ignorance/rudeness etcspokenPOLITE used when you want to say something which you think may make you seem not to know enough or not to be polite enough 请原谅我的无知/无礼等
Pardon my ignorance, but what does OPEC stand for?
请原谅我的无知,OPEC代表什么?
7if you’ll pardon the expressionspokenSORRY/APOLOGIZE used when you are saying that you are sorry for using an impolite phrase 请原谅我的用词
It was a bit of a cock-up, if you’ll pardon the expression.
这事搞得有点混乱,请原谅我这么说。
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if you’ll pardon the expression• It's time that guy got off his ass, if you'll pardon the expression.
8.pardon my FrenchspokenSORRY/APOLOGIZE used humorously to say that you are sorry for using a swearword 请原谅我讲了无礼的话〔幽默用法〕
9pardon me for breathing/livingANNOY spoken used when you are annoyed because you think someone has answered you angrily for no good reason 请原谅我活着让你受气了〔表示因别人无缘无故气冲冲地回答而感到恼火〕
‘Shut up, Callum!’ ‘Well, pardon me for breathing.’
1SCLPGan official order allowing someone who has been found guilty of a crime to go free without being punished 赦免令,赦免状
grant/give somebody a pardon
Tyler was convicted but was granted a royal pardon (=one given by a king or queen).
泰勒被判有罪,但得到了王室赦免。
2ask/beg somebody’s pardon (for something)old-fashioned to ask someone to forgive you 请求某人原谅(某事)
Walter begged her pardon for all the pain he had caused her.
沃尔特请求她原谅自己给她造成那么多痛苦。
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ask/beg somebody’s pardon (for something)• In 1182, he asked formally for pardon, prostrating himself before Barbarossa.• I ask you to pardon me.• I am ashamed of it myself, and for this reason I stoop to beg your pardon.