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

• I don't want to absolve the Russians or Ukrainians of responsibility for their handling of the aftermath of communism, but the template they were handed by the fraternity of the Washington Consensus was based on fake history.
  我不想免除俄罗斯或乌克兰人对社会主义余波的影响处理不当的责任。但他们抄袭的样板来自于达成华盛顿共识的各方，并基于一个虚假历史。
• Co-operation, integration, call it what you will, does not absolve individual governments of responsibility.
  合作、一体化随便你怎么称呼都无法免除单个政府的责任。
• 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。
• 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。
• I absolve you, on the ground of invincible ignorance.
  鉴于你不可救药的无知，我原谅你。
• 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。
• But I can't absolve your despair.
  但是我不能消除你的绝望。
• Yes, child, tell me what you do, God will absolve you.
  是的孩子，告诉我你做了什麽，上帝会释免你的。
• If something else could create the same demand, it would absolve the need for fiscal expansion.
  如果有什么别的东西能够创造出同样的需求，美国政府就没有必要搞财政扩张。
• The high school may pre-emptively absolve itself of blame for anything going wrong with a candidacy, though it may also have obscured the truth of the performance.
  高中可能先发制人，想推卸责任给一个错误的人选，但这也可能掩盖了真实的表现。