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forgivable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++for·giv·a·ble /fəˈɡɪvəbəl $ fər-/ adjective  FORGIVEif something bad is forgivable, you can understand how it happened and you can easily forgive it 〔糟糕的行为〕可宽恕的,可原谅的 OPP unforgivable It was an easily forgivable mistake. 这个错误情有可原。
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forgivableAnd I reckon the odd lapse is forgivable.That, given that only forty years have passed, may be forgivable.When, in November, it blessed the use of force to achieve this goal, the fanfare was forgivable.They became less and less forgivable as time cooled the heat of the moments in which they had been spoken.I thought it was forgivable, egocentric but forgivable.These are a few forgivable flaws in an otherwise important novel.Less forgivable is the attitude taken by some museums who are frightened of the consequences of having their collection screened.That might have been forgivable while Maurice was alive.
for·giv·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
how you happened if something bad is understand can Corpus forgivable, it


forgivable
forgivable /fəˈɡɪvəbəl $ fər-/ adjective
if something bad is forgivable, you can understand how it happened and you can easily forgive it
   OPP  unforgivable:
    It was an easily forgivable mistake.


for·giv·ableBrE /fəˈɡɪvəbl/ 🔊NAmE /fərˈɡɪvəbl/ 🔊 adjectivethat you can understand and forgive 可原谅的;可宽恕的 SYN excusable His rudeness was forgivable in the circumstances. 他当时的无理情有可原。🔊🔊 OPP unforgivable