amnesty

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. countable,uncountable
  2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. countable,uncountable
    — Argentina has seen few legal issues as contentiously debated as these two laws of amnesty during the last two decades. […] Pursuant to the Convention on Forced Disappearance, amnesties may not contemplate a statutory limitation period less than that corresponding to the gravest crime punishable by domestic laws, provided there is a pre-existing domestic norm of “fundamental character” requiring that limitation.
动词 v.
  1. To grant a pardon (to a group). transitive
    — Shortly after the end of military rule in 1983, the Argentinean National Congress passed legislation that effectively amnestied many persons who allegedly committed human rights violations such as torture, extra-judicial killing, and forced disappearance. […] In other words, a government may be justified in amnestying military actions because the alternative would result in the destruction of the democratic state.

词形变化

amnesties plural amnesties present,singular,third-person amnestying participle,present amnestied participle,past amnestied past

词汇关系

衍生词
amnestiable amnestic Amnesty International
相关词
amnesia

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).
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