[with obj.][often with negative]accept and allow (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue 宽容;容忍;宽恕 the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs. 学院不能容忍任何涉及毒品的行为。 ■approve or sanction (something), especially with reluctance (尤指勉强地)批准,同意 those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later. 被捕者获释后数周,展览会被批准举行。