forgive/fɚˋgIv; fəˈɡIv/v [I,T] past tense forgave /-ˋgev; -ˈɡeIv/past participle forgiven /-ˋgIvən; -ˈɡIv$n/1 to decide not to be angry or punish someone who has done something wrong 原谅﹐饶恕﹐宽恕: I knew that my mother would forgive me. 我知道妈妈会原谅我的。forgive myself/yourself etc If anything happened to the kids, she’d never forgive herself. 如果孩子们有什么三长两短的话﹐她永远不会原谅自己。forgive sb for (doing) sth She never forgave him for losing her ring. 她一直都没有原谅他弄丢了她的戒指。2 forgive me for asking/saying sth etc spoken used before you say or ask something that might seem rude【口】请原谅[对不起]我要问一下/说某事情等〔用于可能显得无礼的话之前〕: Forgive me for saying so, but I don’t think that's right. 请原谅我这么说﹐我觉得那不对。3 sb could be forgiven for thinking/believing etc used to say that you understand why someone would think or do something 某人有某种想法[做某事]是可以理解的: You could be forgiven for thinking that nobody lives here. 你认为这里没有人住﹐那也难怪。