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forbear

英 [fɔːˈbeə(r) , ˈfɔːbeə(r)]

美 [fɔːrˈber , ˈfɔːrber]

v.  克制; 自制; 忍住(不说话或不做某事)
n.  祖先

复数:forbears 现在分词:forbearing 第三人称单数:forbears 过去式:forbore 过去分词:forborne 

TEM8

BNC.35523 / COCA.33036

牛津词典

    verb

    • 克制;自制;忍住(不说话或不做某事)
      to stop yourself from saying or doing sth that you could or would like to say or do
      1. He wanted to answer back, but he forbore from doing so.
        他想顶嘴,但是忍住了。
      2. She forbore to ask any further questions.
        她克制自己,不再进一步提问。

    noun

      noun

        柯林斯词典

        • VERB 忍耐;克制;避免
          If youforbeartodo something, you do not do it although you have the opportunity or the right to do it.
          1. I forbore to comment on this...
            我克制自己对此不予置评。
          2. Protesters largely forbore from stone-throwing and vandalism.
            抗议者绝大多数没有投掷石头和蓄意破坏。

        英英释义

        noun

        • a person from whom you are descended
            Synonym:forebear

          verb

          • resist doing something
            1. He refrained from hitting him back
            2. she could not forbear weeping
            Synonym:refrain
          • refrain from doing
            1. she forbore a snicker
            Synonym:hold back

          双语例句

          • My forbear was unremarkable, he says, a strange opening to a most remarkable tale.
            我的先祖是个普通人,他说,给这个颇具传奇的故事开了个奇怪的开场白。
          • Mature woman would forbear their own curiosity to preserve the family's integrity and spiritual calmness.
            成熟的女人会隐忍自己的好奇心保全家庭的完整和精神层面的平静。
          • He could not forbear from expressing his disagreement.
            他忍不住要表达不同意见。
          • Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
            但你多年宽容他们,又用你的灵藉众先知劝戒他们,他们仍不听从,所以你将他们交在列国之民的手中。
          • For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
            因为我必说实话。只是我禁止不说,恐怕有人把我看高了,过于他在我身上所看见所听见的。
          • She could not forbear crying out.
            她禁不住叫喊出来。
          • The consumption wants to know forbear;
            消费要知所节制;
          • I forbore to comment on this
            我克制自己对此不予置评。
          • The wounded man could not forbear to cry out.
            受伤的人忍不住哭起来。
          • Can't forbear criticizing their ineptitude.
            禁不住要批评他们的笨拙。