Word · Frequency #5511
amnesty
大赦；赦免
An official pardon or order that releases a group of people from punishment for past offenses, especially political ones.
- 1.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
遗忘；对过错的停止记忆；忘却。
- 2.
a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
罪犯免受惩罚的时期
- 3.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
主权行为对过去罪行的赦免,如对参与叛乱者的大赦。
- 4.
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
给予免除惩罚的令状
- 5.
the formal act of liberating someone
正式释放某人的行为
特赦期；赦免期；遗忘；忘却；遗忘；对过错的停止记忆；忘却。；罪犯免受惩罚的时期；主权行为对过去罪行的赦免,如对参与叛乱者的大赦。
In use
The government declared an amnesty for all minor tax offenders.
The company offered a two-week amnesty for employees to return borrowed equipment without penalty.
The library's amnesty week allows students to return overdue books with no fines.
grant amnesty to sb
The government granted amnesty to political prisoners.
政府给予政治犯大赦。
declare amnesty
The president declared amnesty for all tax evaders.
总统宣布对所有逃税者实行大赦。
amnesty for sth
Connections
Collocations
- grant amnesty
- 给予赦免
- The government granted amnesty to all political prisoners.政府对所有政治犯给予了赦免。
- declare amnesty
- 宣布大赦
- The authorities declared amnesty for those who surrendered their weapons.当局宣布对交出武器的人实行大赦。
- amnesty law
- 大赦法
- The amnesty law was passed by parliament.议会通过了这项大赦法。
- amnesty program
- 特赦计划
- The amnesty program allowed illegal immigrants to apply for residency.特赦计划允许非法移民申请居留权。
- amnesty for political prisoners
- 对政治犯的赦免
- The rebels called for an amnesty for political prisoners.叛乱者要求赦免政治犯。
- general amnesty
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 amnesty 想成 amnesia（失忆）：大赦就是国家对你过去的过错‘失忆’，不再追究。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、政治新闻、政府公告、国际关系 amnesty 通常为正式用语，多用于法律、政治或新闻语境，表示官方对过去罪行的赦免。日常口语中较少使用，比较常见于政府公告、新闻报道或法律条文。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word rhymes with 'amnesty' because of its unusual /æmnəsti/ sequence. 'majesty' and 'travesty' have the same stressed vowel /æ/ but differ after that; 'amnesia' shares the initial /æm/ but has stress on the second syllable and a different ending; 'honesty' and 'modesty' have different stressed vowels. Only the '-esty' spelling links these words.
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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