【condone】 - A-level备考词汇

condone

UK:  [kən'dəʊn]

US:  [kən'doʊn]

第三人称单数：condones  现在分词：condoning  过去式：condoned  

v.

1.宽恕,宽容(配偶的通奸行为)

2.宽恕,容忍

3.宽恕;不咎

4.用(行动、事实)抵消(罪行),赎罪

1 . "In his mind, he was playing, " Potter, 32, said of her partner of 10 years. "But I do not condone his child's play. "
结婚10年的波特谈起丈夫的行为时表示：“在他看来他是在做游戏，但我不能宽恕他这种幼稚的行为。”

2 . It does nothing but condone the arrogance of the Fed in its refusal to tell us where the $2 trillion has gone.
美联储傲慢地拒绝告诉我们两万亿美元的去向，而国会除了宽恕以外什么都没做。

3 . Navy spokesman called the videos "inappropriate" and said the Navy does not endorse or condone such actions.
一位海军的发言人声称这些视频是“不合时宜的”。并且说海军不支持也不纵容这样的行为。

4 . TYPICAL USE: A man who cheats on his income tax and on his expense account tends to condone these practices in his friends.
一个在所得税和费用帐户上做手脚的人，有原谅他朋友如是做的倾向。

5 . China disregards human suffering for her to chose to condone brutal barbaric N.
中国无视人类痛苦而选择纵容残酷野蛮的北韩政权。