中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.忍耐，克制。
2.【法律】债务偿还期的延缓。
3.放弃执行某些权利。
短语和例子
at the end of one's forbearance 忍无可忍。 F- is no (ac)quittance 〔谚语〕不催账不等于取消账。

a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
同义词：patience, longanimity,

In the context of a mortgage process, forbearance is a special agreement between the lender and the borrower to delay a foreclosure. The literal meaning of forbearance is “holding back.

例句与用法

The guards, too, treated the common criminals with a certain forbearance .
警卫们对普通罪犯也似乎比较宽宏大量。

Elinor wished that the same forbearance could have extended towards herself .
埃利诺希望他们对她自己也能持以同样的克制态度。

The forbearance of the magistrate in these instances was certainly wise and just .
地方官对这类事件的宽容态度当然是明智和合理的。

I wrote to him an ingenuous letter of acknowledgment, craving his forbearance a little longer .
我给他写了一封十分坦率的感谢信，希望他能再度宽容一段时间。

This forbearance on the part of youth would be much more appreciated if it were extended likewise to sermons .
如果青年人的这种克制能同样扩大到讲道方面去，那么它将会受到大得多的赞赏。

He acted with forbearance toward the hecklers
他对质问者表现出极大的克制。

On the forbearance and its contemporary meaning
及其当代伦理意义

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue
忍耐超过了一定的限度便不再是美德了。

There is , however , a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue
但是，总有一个时刻，忍耐将不再成为美德。

There is , however , a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue
克服也有个限度，超过了限度就不再是美德。