accept and allow (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue
宽容;容忍;宽恕
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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
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those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later. 被捕者获释后数周,展览会正式获准举行。
"mid 19th cent.: from Latin