show forbearance (towards sb/sth)
表示对他人的容忍或克制,常用介词towards。
She showed forbearance towards her rude colleague.
她对她那位无礼的同事表现出克制。
克制;忍耐;克制的事例
忍耐、克制(不做某事)的行为;其事例;节制;自制;忍耐;[法] 债务偿还期的延展
The action of holding back or refraining from doing something; an instance of such restraint.
忍耐、克制(不做某事)的行为;其事例
The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.
She showed great forbearance by not responding to the rude comment.
她表现出极大的克制,没有回应那句无礼的评论。
用法提示:forbearance 作名词,指忍住不做的克制行为。
His forbearance during the long negotiation impressed everyone.
他在漫长谈判中的忍耐令所有人印象深刻。
用法提示:forbearance 表示在压力下保持耐心、克制的态度。
The teacher's forbearance with the noisy class was remarkable.
老师对吵闹班级的忍耐令人钦佩。
用法提示:forbearance 后接 with,表示对他人宽容忍耐。
表示对他人的容忍或克制,常用介词towards。
She showed forbearance towards her rude colleague.
她对她那位无礼的同事表现出克制。
exercise forbearance意为“施展克制”,后接in doing sth说明在哪方面克制。
He exercised great forbearance in not arguing back.
他极力克制自己,没有回嘴。
with forbearance作状语,表示以忍耐的态度。注意此结构后不接宾语。
The crowd waited with forbearance for the delayed train.
人群以忍耐等待晚点的火车。
restraint 是最常用的同义词,语气比 forbearance 更直白;既可指自我克制,也可指外力约束,而 forbearance 仅指主动不做某事。
self-control 强调控制情绪、冲动或欲望,范围比 forbearance 广;在“忍住不做”的语境中可互换,但 forbearance 更正式。
abstention 较正式,常用于投票、参与或不采取行动的语境;forbearance 更强调出于忍耐或宽容而克制,而非单纯放弃。
grammar · medium
易错句子He showed a lot of forbearance on his noisy neighbors.
正确表达He showed a lot of forbearance toward his noisy neighbors.
表示“对某人忍耐”时,forbearance 后接介词 toward(或 with),不接 on。中文的“对”常被直译为 on,但英语中 on 不表示忍耐的对象。
grammar · medium
易错句子I forbearance from complaining about the noise.
正确表达I practiced forbearance from complaining about the noise.
forbearance 是名词,不能直接作谓语;应使用 practice(或 show/exercise)作谓语,forbearance 作宾语,再接 from doing 表示“克制自己不做某事”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She showed many forbearances with difficult clients.
正确表达She showed great forbearance with difficult clients.
表示抽象概念“忍耐、克制”时,forbearance 是不可数名词,不能用 many,也不能加 -s;应使用 great 等修饰不可数名词。若指“克制的事情”才用复数 forbearances。
与“克制、忍耐”相对,指无法忍受等待或阻碍。
与“忍耐、容忍”相对,指对异议或缺点缺乏宽容。
与“克制自身欲望”相对,指放任自己或他人。
forbearance 指忍住不去做某个特定行为的动作或事例;patience 指面对等待、困难或令人厌烦之事时保持平静,不强调“主动克制不做某事”。
forbearance 侧重刻意放弃或忍住某个具体行为;restraint 泛指自我控制、冷静或身体上的约束,语义范围更大。
forbearance 是名词,意思是“忍耐、克制自己不做某事”;forbidding 是形容词,用来形容外表或神情令人害怕,因拼写相似而容易误用。
克制自己,展现克制
He exercised forbearance and did not reply to the insult.
他展现克制,没有回应那句侮辱。
表现出宽容,忍耐
She showed great forbearance with the noisy children.
她对吵闹的孩子们表现得极为宽容。
以宽容的态度,忍让地
The judge treated the young offender with forbearance.
法官宽容地对待这位年轻的罪犯。
相互克制,彼此忍让
The negotiations succeeded through mutual forbearance.
谈判因双方相互忍让而取得成功。
暂缓还款协议,容忍协议
The bank signed a forbearance agreement with the struggling company.
银行与这家陷入困境的公司签署了暂缓还款协议。
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related word (shares prefix for- and root bear)
related word (shares suffix -ance)
强调在困难或痛苦中坚持,与forbearance同属自我克制的品质。
指情绪上的平静,常与忍耐、克制相联系。
表示言行克制、不冲动,与forbearance的克制行为有关。
强调适度、不过度,与forbearance所表达的自我约束相近。
指对人宽大、不苛刻,体现忍让和克制的一面。
忍耐是一种美德
Some would say forbearance is a virtue, but there are times when it is better to speak up.
有人会说忍耐是一种美德,但有时候说出来更好。
相互宽容;彼此克制
The peace of the community depends on mutual forbearance among its members.
社区的安宁有赖于成员之间的相互宽容。
以耐心;以克制
She listened to his complaints with forbearance.
她耐心地听着他的抱怨。
然而,忍耐是有限度的,超过这个限度就不再是美德。
Edmund Burke wrote this in a political essay to argue that forbearance, or patient restraint, must have its boundaries when facing injustice.
埃德蒙·伯克在一篇政治文章中写下这句,意在论证面对不公时,忍耐或克制的态度必须有其界限。
忍耐是最崇高的报复。
This old proverb suggests that forbearance can be more powerful than retaliation, because it keeps your dignity.
这句古老谚语表明,忍耐可能比报复更有力量,因为它能保持你的尊严。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
耐心的忍耐
She waited with patient forbearance for the results.
她耐心地等待着结果。