forbear

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fɔːˈbɛə/    美 /fɔɹˈbɛɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of forebear. alt-of,alternative
    — [1906] 2004, Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, Ethel Wedgwood tr. Sirs, I am quite sure that the King of England's forbears rightly and justly lost the conquered lands that I hold …
动词 v.
  1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. transitive
    — Mr. Sheriff, I desire that this manacling may be forborn: if you please to clap a guard of a hundred men upon us, I shall pay for it. This is not only a disgrace to me, but in general to all soldiers; which doth more trouble me than the loss of my life.
  2. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. intransitive
    — Por[tia]. I pray you tarrie, pauſe a day or two Before you hazard, for in chooſing wrong I looſe your companie ; therefore forbeare a while, /[...]
  3. To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. intransitive
    — And thou ſhalt ſpeake my words vnto them, whether they will heare or whether they will forbeare, for they are moſt rebellious.
  4. To control oneself when provoked. intransitive
    — The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear.

词形变化

forbears present,singular,third-person forbearing participle,present forbore past forborne participle,past forborn archaic,participle,past forebear alternative,obsolete forbears plural

词汇关系

衍生词
forbearable forbearance forbearant forbearer forbearing forbearingly

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Germanic *fra-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Germanic *beraną
Proto-Germanic *fraberaną
Old English forberan
Middle English forberen
English forbear
From Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan (“to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure, tolerate, humor; restrain; do without”), from Proto-Germanic *fraberaną (“to hold back, endure”); equivalent to for- + bear. Cognate with Old Frisian forbera (“to forfeit”), Middle High German verbërn (“to have not; abstain; refrain from; avoid”) (Cimbrian forbèeran), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (frabairan, “to endure”).
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