pardon

1. CONVENTION You say Pardon?, I beg your pardon?, or Pardon me? when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it. (表示沒有聽見或不明白，請求重說一遍) 對不起[口語]

"Will you let me open it?"—"Pardon?"—"Can I open it?"

“讓我來打開它，好嗎？”——“對不起，你說什麼？”——“我能打開它嗎？”

2. CONVENTION People say "I beg your pardon?" when they are surprised or offended by something that someone has just said. (表示驚訝或者受了冒犯) 什麼[口語]

"Would you get undressed, please?"—"I beg your pardon?"—"Will you get undressed?"

“請你脫下衣服，好嗎？” —“什麼？”—“你能脫下衣服嗎？”

3. CONVENTION You say "I beg your pardon" as a way of apologizing for accidentally doing something wrong, such as disturbing someone or making a mistake. 對不起[口語]

I beg your pardon. I thought you were someone else. 對不起，我把你儅成別人了。

4. CONVENTION Some people say "Pardon me" instead of "Excuse me" when they want to politely get someone's attention or interrupt them. 對不起 (以引起注意或者打斷一下)[口語]

Pardon me, are you finished, madam?

對不起，您好了嗎，太太？

5. V-T If someone who has been found guilty of a crime is pardoned, they are officially allowed to go free and are not punished. 赦免[usu passive]

Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released. 許多政治犯被赦免和釋放了。

6. N-COUNT Pardon is also a noun. 赦免

They lobbied the government on his behalf and he was granted a presidential pardon. 他們爲他遊說政府，他因之得到了縂統(tǒng)特赦。