- pardon somebody to officially allow somebody who has been found guilty of a crime to leave prison and/or avoid punishment赦免；特赦
- She was pardoned after serving ten years of a life sentence.她被判终身监禁，服刑十年后被赦免了。
Topics Law and justicec2 - to forgive somebody for something they have said or done (used in many expressions when you want to be polite)原谅（表示礼貌时常用的词语） synonym excuse
- pardon something Pardon my ignorance, but what is a ‘duplex’?请原谅我无知，duplex 是什么呢？
- The place was, if you'll pardon the expression, a dump.那个地方，请恕我直言，简直是个垃圾场。
pardon somebody (for something/for doing something)- You could be pardoned for thinking (= it is easy to understand why people think) that education is not the government's priority.人们认为政府没有优先考虑教育，这是不难理解的。
- Pardon me for interrupting you.对不起，打扰您了。
- pardon somebody/sb's doing something Pardon my asking, but is that your husband?请原谅我多问，那位是您的先生吗？
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pardun (noun), pardoner (verb), from medieval Latin perdonare ‘concede, remit’, from per- ‘completely’ + donare ‘give’.
Idioms - (informal) used to say that you are sorry for swearing请原谅我说脏话了；不好意思，我骂人了
- (especially North American English) used to ask somebody to repeat something because you did not hear it or do not understand it（用于请别人重复某事）什么，请再说一次
- used by some people to say ‘sorry’ when they have done something wrong or made a rude noise by accident抱歉；对不起
see also I beg your pardon
pardon me for doing something
- used to show that you are upset or offended by the way that somebody has spoken to you（对别人的说话方式表示烦恼或生气）原谅我不得不做某事
- ‘Oh, just shut up!’ ‘Well, pardon me for breathing!’“你给我闭嘴！” “嗬，不能让人不呼吸吧！”