(尤指对不当或错误行为)纵容;容许;默认(而不加以谴责)。常见搭配:condone + 名词/动名词(condone cheating / condone lying)。另有较少见义项:在法律语境中可指“(对某些过错)予以宽恕/不追究”。
/ kənˈdoʊn /
The school does not condone bullying.
学校不容许霸凌行为。
While he apologized publicly, many felt he had condoned the misconduct by staying silent for years.
尽管他公开道歉,许多人仍认为他多年保持沉默等于纵容了不当行为。
来自拉丁语 condonare,意为“赠予、宽免、赦免”,由 *con-*(强调、完全)+ donare(给予)构成。词义从“宽免/赦免(过错)”逐渐发展到现代常用的“对错误行为予以默认或纵容”。