forbear

v. 忍耐, 克制, 容忍 n. 祖先

发音

UK /ˈfɔː.bɛə/
UK /fɔːˈbɛə/
US /ˈfɔɹ.bɛɚ/
US /fɔɹˈbɛɚ/
AU

词形变化

forbears 复数 forbears forbare forbearest forbeareth forbearing forbears 三单 forbore forborn forborne forbearing 现在分词 forbore 过去式 forborne 过去式 forborne 过去分词 forborn 过去式 forborn 过去分词

别名

forbeare forebear

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of forebear.

    [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 …

    One does not take one’s family name therefrom, and again the position of the mother in that group is determined through her father and his male forbears in turn; this too is a patrilineal group.

v.
  1. 1.

    To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To control oneself when provoked.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

forebear

上位词 5

root ancestor ascendant antecedent ascendent

下位词 2

grandparent great-grandparent
动词

同义词 2

refrain hold back

上位词 5

resist withstand refrain hold out stand firm

下位词 10

help leave save spare avoid standby abstain shut-up close up hold back

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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