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

• The fact that you were absent when the assignment was given does not absolve you from dong the homework.
  布置作业时你不在的事实不能免除你写作业的责任。
• 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。
• 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。
• But I can't absolve your despair.
  但是我不能消除你的绝望。
• To intervene in court proceedings, shield your unlawful act, absolve you from sentences beyond the laws and regulations of the receiving state.
  不能干预法庭的审判程序，不能袒护你的违法行为，不能超越接受国法律和规定为你开脱罪责。
• They have chosen to project all their sins on to him in the hope that when he goes it will absolve them, said Lord Foulkes.
  他们选择把自己的罪孽都投射到他身上，希望在他离开时，他们将得到赦免，福克斯勋爵（LordFoulkes）表示。
• But fatigue does not absolve us of our responsibility.
  但是疲劳不能让我们开脱责任。
• 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。
• After the incredible showing of resolve and composure during the Bin laden episode, I do not doubt that he is steering the course to absolve our debt to China.
  在处理本拉登的事上，令人难以置信的表现出决心和沉着，我并不怀疑他会到中国宣布免除我们的债务。
• None of this is to absolve governments and regulators of responsibility for the crash.
  所有这些并不是在为政府和监管部门开脱责任。