If you are forgiving, you are willing to let go of anger when someone has hurt you or done something wrong. You do not keep the hurt forever, and you do not keep looking for a way to pay them back.

If you are forgiving如果你是forgiving的人 when someone has hurt you or done something wrong當有人傷害你或做錯事的時候 you are willing to let go of anger你會願意放下怒氣。 You do not keep the hurt forever你不會把傷痛一直放在心上 and you do not keep looking for a way to pay them back也不會一直想辦法報復。

People use it about a person (“She is very forgiving”) and about a look or a way of being (“a forgiving smile”). Though actually, it does not mean you think the other person was right — only that you will not hold the wrong against them.

People use it about a person這個字可以用來形容人 ("She is very forgiving")（"She is very forgiving"，她很寬容） and about a look or a way of being也可以形容一種神情或狀態 ("a forgiving smile")（"a forgiving smile"，寬容的笑容）。 Though actually不過其實 it does not mean you think the other person was right這不代表你覺得對方是對的 only that you will not hold the wrong against them只是說你不會把這件錯事記在心裡跟他們計較。

English also stretches the word to things that are not people: a “forgiving” fabric still looks all right if it is a bit creased; a “forgiving” tool still works even if you do not use it perfectly. In that looser use, the thing “forgives” your small mistakes.

English also stretches the word to things that are not people英文也把這個字用到不是人的東西上 a "forgiving" fabric still looks all right if it is a bit creased有點皺還是看起來沒事的布料，就叫"forgiving" fabric a "forgiving" tool still works even if you do not use it perfectly就算沒用得很完美也照樣好用的工具，就叫"forgiving" tool。 In that looser use用這種比較鬆的意思來說 the thing "forgives" your small mistakes東西"原諒"了你的小失誤。

The word is kind and everyday, not stiff. You will also see forgiving as the -ing form of the verb forgive (“She is forgiving him right now”); the sense here is the adjective: a person (or thing) that is ready to forgive.

The word is kind and everyday這個字很親切、很日常 not stiff一點都不生硬。 You will also see forgiving as the -ing form of the verb forgive你也會看到forgiving當動詞forgive的-ing形式出現 ("She is forgiving him right now")（"She is forgiving him right now"，她正在原諒他） the sense here is the adjective這裡講的意思是形容詞 a person (or thing) that is ready to forgive指願意原諒人的一個人（或東西）。