喜樂美語
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    To condone something is to treat a wrong act as acceptable — to let it pass, forgive it, or fail to punish it, even though most people think it is morally wrong. “The school does not condone cheating” means they will not look the other way. You condone behaviour: violence, lying, bullying, corruption — not a missed bus.

    To condone somethingcondone某件事 is to treat a wrong act as acceptable就是把一個錯的行為當成可以接受 — to let it pass, forgive it, or fail to punish it——放過它、原諒它，或不處罰它 even though most people think it is morally wrong就算大部分人都覺得那在道德上是錯的。"The school does not condone cheating"『The school does not condone cheating』（學校不容忍作弊） means they will not look the other way意思是他們不會睜一隻眼閉一隻眼。You condone behaviour你condone的是行為 : violence, lying, bullying, corruption：暴力、說謊、霸凌、貪腐 — not a missed bus——而不是錯過一班公車。

    It is a formal verb. You meet it in news, law, school rules, and other serious talk.

    It is a formal verb這是一個正式的動詞。You meet it你會遇到它 in news, law, school rules, and other serious talk在新聞、法律、校規和其他嚴肅的談話裡。

    Though actually, it sits close to “forgive,” but in real English you very often meet it in the negative: we cannot condone this, we do not condone that. That is the voice of a group drawing a line.

    Though actually不過其實 it sits close to "forgive,"它跟『forgive（原諒）』很接近 but in real English you very often meet it in the negative但在真實的英文裡，你很常會在否定句裡遇到它 : we cannot condone this, we do not condone that：we cannot condone this、we do not condone that。That is the voice of a group drawing a line那是一個團體在畫界線的語氣。

    The Latin starting point is “to forgive,” built on “give” — as if you give the wrong away and do not hold it. In today’s English, though, condoning can sound less like warm forgiveness and more like failing to stand against the thing.

    The Latin starting point is "to forgive,"拉丁文的起點是『to forgive（原諒）』 built on "give"建立在『give（給）』這個字上 — as if you give the wrong away and do not hold it——就好像你把這個錯『給出去』，不再留著它。In today's English, though不過在今天的英文裡 condoning can sound less like warm forgivenesscondoning聽起來比較不像溫暖的原諒 and more like failing to stand against the thing更像是沒有站出來反對這件事。

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組成A learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”), from con- + dōnāre (“to give”).

同家族的字

  • donatesame Latin “give” root (dōnāre)
  • donationa gift — same “give” piece
  • pardonto forgive — built on the same Latin “give”

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

condoneverb/kənˈdoʊn/

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    To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

    • ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
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    To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

    • Rule-utilitarianism is unlikely to condone torturing a child, but it does imply that the torturing of a child is less evil if the torturer shares his pleasure with other sadists-perhaps by inviting an audience, or broadcasting it on the Internet.
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    lawTo forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。