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

• They agree to absolve us from our obligation.
  他们同意免除我们的责任。
• It doesn't absolve them of liability, he said.
  他说警告标识不能免除他们的责任。
• Are you here to absolve your guilty conscience?
  你是来替你的良心赎罪么？
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。