absolve

英 [əbˈzɒlv]

美 [əbˈzɑːlv]

v.  宣告…无罪; 判定…无责; 赦免…的罪

过去分词：absolved　过去式：absolved　现在分词：absolving　第三人称单数：absolves　

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BNC.14557 / COCA.17031

牛津词典

verb

• 宣告…无罪；判定…无责
  to state formally that sb is not guilty or responsible for sth
  1. The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident.
     法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。
• 赦免…的罪
  to give absolution to sb
  1. I absolve you from all your sins.
     我赦免你所有的罪过。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 免除…的过失;解除…的责任
  If a report or investigationabsolvessomeone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.
  1. A police investigation yesterday absolved the police of all blame in the incident.
     警方昨天的调查廓清了其在此事件中的任何责任。
  2. ...the inquiry which absolved the soldiers.
     宣告士兵们并无任何过失的调查

英英释义

verb

• let off the hook
  1. I absolve you from this responsibility
  Synonym:justifyfree
• grant remission of a sin to
  1. The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's
  Synonym:shrive

双语例句

• But I can't absolve your despair.
  但是我不能消除你的绝望。
• I absolve you, on the ground of invincible ignorance.
  鉴于你不可救药的无知，我原谅你。
• Alerting your boss to a problem via email doesn't absolve you of all responsibility for it.
  用发电子邮件的方式提醒上司某个问题并不会免除你对此事的所有责任。
• Just because one uses JDBC, it does not absolve you from having to layer code correctly.
  只是因为某人使用了JDBC，它不能免除必须正确地对代码分层。
• Such economic unilateralism and I do not intend here to absolve China or Germany from their responsibilities sits uneasily with the multilateral engagement that is supposed to be at the heart of Mr Obama's foreign policy.
  这种经济单边主义在这里我不想为中国或德国开脱责任与理应成为奥巴马外交政策核心的多边接触策略不协调。
• Are you here to absolve your guilty conscience?
  你是来替你的良心赎罪么？
• But fatigue does not absolve us of our responsibility.
  但是疲劳不能让我们开脱责任。
• They agree to absolve us from our obligation.
  他们同意免除我们的责任。
• Time is our real dominator, and he will never absolve you.
  时间是我们的真正统治者，它永远不会赦免你。
• The elements of weakness which mark every person cannot absolve me from the burdens and blessings of responsibility for myself and to others.
  每个人都有不足之处，但我为自己与他人排忧解难和祈求祝福的责任并不能因此免除。