somebody may be pardoned for doing somethingUNDERSTANDused to say that it is easy to understand why someone has done something or why they think something 某人做某事情有可原 Anyone reading the advertisement might be pardoned for thinking that the offer was genuine. 那些看了那则广告认为报价属实的人都情有可原。
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