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grant clemency to sb
grant clemency 常用于正式场合，指官方给予宽恕。
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对囚犯给予了宽大处理。
宽大；仁慈；宽容
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宽大；仁慈；宽容
Kind and gentle treatment, especially by someone in authority; mercy or leniency.
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对囚犯给予了宽大处理。
仁慈宽厚的用权；宽容,怜悯；审判或惩罚时的恻隐之心。
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
州行政长官对法律刑罚的赦免、减刑或类似减免、撤销或延缓。
A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
The judge showed clemency and reduced the sentence to community service.
法官表现出仁慈，将刑罚减为社区服务。
She begged for clemency, but the king remained unforgiving.
她恳求宽恕，但国王仍然不肯原谅。
Prisoners often hope for clemency during holiday seasons.
囚犯们常常希望节日期间能得到宽仁对待。
grant clemency 常用于正式场合，指官方给予宽恕。
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对囚犯给予了宽大处理。
The lawyer asked for clemency on behalf of his client.
律师代表他的当事人请求宽大处理。
appeal for clemency 更强调恳求。
The family appealed for clemency from the court.
家属向法院请求宽大处理。
Not this
The judge was very clemency.
Use this
The judge was very clement.
将名词'clemency'误用作形容词，应使用形容词'clement'表示'仁慈的'。
Not this
The president showed clemency for the prisoner.
Use this
The president showed clemency to the prisoner.
表示'对某人宽大'时，用介词'to'而非'for'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
给予宽大处理；予以赦免
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对这名囚犯给予了宽大处理。
表现宽厚；展现仁慈
The judge showed clemency to the young offender.
法官对那名年轻违法者表现出了宽厚。
恳求宽恕；请求从宽处理
His family pleaded for clemency.
他的家人恳求宽恕。
行政赦免；行政宽恕
The prisoner applied for executive clemency.
这名囚犯申请了行政赦免。
宽大之举；仁慈之举
Releasing him early was an act of clemency.
提前释放他是宽大之举。
赦免请愿书；请求宽大处理的请愿
They submitted a petition for clemency to the governor.
他们向州长提交了赦免请愿书。
恳求宽大处理；求情
The lawyer pleaded for clemency, citing his client's difficult childhood.
律师以委托人艰难的童年为由，恳求宽大处理。
表现出宽大；予以宽恕
The judge showed clemency to the first-time offender.
法官对初犯者给予了宽大处理。
行政赦免
The governor granted executive clemency to several prisoners.
州长对几名囚犯给予了行政赦免。
宽恕
Clemency is the award-winning title of a 2019 American drama film about a prison warden who questions the morality of capital punishment.
Clemency 是一部获奖的2019年美国剧情片，讲述一名监狱长质疑死刑的道德伦理。
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联想州长签署特赦令时，笔尖落下一滴“怜悯”，把死刑改为无期——这就是 clemency。
语域：formal 常见场景：司法与法律程序、行政赦免决定、正式请愿或书信 clemency 多用于正式或法律语境，指掌权者表现出的宽大、仁慈，或行政长官对刑罚的赦免、减刑；日常口语较少见，更常用 mercy 或 pardon。
不可数名词，常与介词toward或to连用，表示对某人的宽恕。
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