1570s, originally legal, in reference to enforcement of debt obligations, from forbear (v.) + -ance. General sense of "a refraining from" is from 1590s.
雙語例句
1. All the Greenpeace people behaved with impressive forbearance and dignity.
所有綠色和平組織人士表現出了超乎尋常的克制和大度。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Forbearance is no acquittance.
緩期不等于作罷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He acted with forbearance toward the hecklers.
他對質問者表現出極大的克制.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. Pressed beyond the limits of forbearance, our army fought back resolutely and dealt telling blows to the enemy.
我軍忍無可忍,奮起反擊, 給了敵人沉重的打擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Elinor wished that the same forbearance could have extended towards herself.