高考必背英语词汇讲座 G3

1、excuse, forgive, pardon
这三个词都表示“原谅，宽恕”。
excuse:“原谅”，指有意放过人们在社会，习俗方面的具体行为。如错误，疏忽或失职，不予以指责和惩罚。常用词组：excuse for原谅；excuse from/to do免除。如：
Please excuse me for using your telephone without asking permission. I thought you wouldn't mind.请原谅，我没有得到你的允许就用了你的电话，我想你不会介意吧！
The meeting lasted so long that Mr. Laurence had to excuse himself to keep an appointment.会开了好久，因此劳伦斯为了赶另一个约会，不得不请求先行离去。
forgive:“饶恕，宽恕，赦免”，感情色彩较浓，表示不但放弃一切报复要求，而且打消一切复仇的心理，不再愤恨，强调主观和内心的宽恕。
She was so kind as to forgive her intimate friend who had betrayed her when she was in a great difficulty.她如此善良，竟能原谅在她处境最艰难时背叛她的挚友。
He forgave injuries so readily that he might be said to invite them.他如此爽快地宽恕了那些伤害，简直可以说，他是在招惹伤害。
pardon:“原谅，宽恕”，正式用语，指放弃处罚要求，予以赦免，尤其指由上级按法律正式赦免过失或过错。作原谅讲时，同excuse。
It became necessary to fly our lives, but we couldn't expect to be pardoned.我们有必要逃命，但我们不能指望得到宽恕。
Please pardon my asking, but isn't my text book on your desk?对不起，请问，我的