n.
- 原諒，饒恕，寬恕[C][U][（+for）]
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I beg your
pardon. I suppose I should have knocked.
請原諒。我想我應該先敲一下門的。
- 【律】赦免，特赦[C]
vt.
- 原諒，饒恕[（+for）][O1][O4]
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Pardon me for not writing to you sooner.
請原諒我未能及早給你寫信。
- 赦免
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The governor
pardoned the burglar.
州長赦免了那個竊賊。
片語
I beg your pardon./Beg your pardon.
- 請原諒（用於做了錯事道歉時）
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You've just stepped on my foot!
I beg your pardon.
你剛才踩了我的腳！請原諒。
- 對不起（用於沒聽清）
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Have you finished reading the book?
Beg your pardon?
你看完那本書了嗎？對不起，你說什麼？
衍生
a.
pardonable
ad.
pardonably
n.
pardoner
辨析
n.
- the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence.
- a remission of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction.
- Christian Church, historical an indulgence.
v.
- forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence).
- release (an offender) from the legal consequences of an offence or conviction.
exclam.
used to ask a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it.
Phrase
- I beg your pardon
(or pardon me)
used to express polite apology or to indicate that one has not heard or understood something.
Derivative
- pardonable adj.
- pardonably adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. pardun (n.), pardoner (v.), from med. L. perdonare ‘concede, remit’, from per- ‘completely’ + donare ‘give’.
