Word · Frequency #5511
amnesties
赦免；大赦
amnesties is the third person singular of amnesty.
To grant a pardon to a group of people.
- 1.
To grant a pardon (to a group).
对(群体)给予赦免。
对(群体)给予赦免。
In use
The government decided to amnesty all political prisoners.
The king amnestied the rebels after the war.
The committee is amnestying minor offenses this year.
amnesty sb
The government amnestied the political prisoners.
政府赦免了政治犯。
amnesty sb for sth
The king amnestied the rebels for their actions during the uprising.
国王赦免了起义中叛乱者的行为。
be amnestied
The prisoners were amnestied after the peace treaty.
和平条约后，囚犯们被赦免了。
Verb forms
base amnesty · third person amnesties · -ing amnestying · past amnestied · past participle amnestied
规则动词，y变i加es/ed，ing保留y
Common mistakes
The president amnestied to the rebels.The president amnestied the rebels.
动词 amnesty 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需介词 to。
The government amnestyed the prisoners.The government amnestied the prisoners.
amnesty 的过去式和过去分词应为 amnestied，而非 amnestyed。
Connections
Collocations
- amnesty prisoners
- 特赦囚犯
- The government decided to amnesty prisoners who had been convicted of non-violent crimes.政府决定特赦因非暴力犯罪被判刑的囚犯。
- amnesty illegal immigrants
- 特赦非法移民
- The new policy aims to amnesty illegal immigrants who have lived in the country for over ten years.新政策旨在特赦在该国居住超过十年的非法移民。
- amnesty draft dodgers
- 特赦逃避兵役者
- After the war, the president chose to amnesty draft dodgers as a gesture of national reconciliation.战后，总统选择特赦逃避兵役者作为国家和解的象征。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'amnesty'像'amnesia'（遗忘），大赦就是忘记惩罚。
Context & Register
正式语境，常用于政府宣布赦免政治犯或违法者。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the -esty or -asty spelling pattern but have different stressed vowels; they do not rhyme with amnesty. Only honesty shares the exact -nesty spelling chunk.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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