forbearance

n. 节制, 自制, 忍耐 [法] 债务偿还期的延展, 忍耐, 宽容

发音

UK /fəˈbɛːɹ(ə)n(t)s/
UK /fɔː-/
US /fəɹˈbɛɹən(t)s/
US /fɔɹ-/
AU /foːˈbeəɹən(t)s/
NZ /foːˈbiəɹɘn(t)s/

词形变化

forbearances 复数 forbearances

别名

forebearance

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.

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  2. 2.

    The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.

    The action of refraining from enforcing something which is due (such as a debt or obligation) or a right which one has; (countable) an instance of this.

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  3. 3.

    The action of forbearing (“abstaining or refraining from doing something”); (countable) an instance of this.

    Restraint and tolerance under provocation; patient self-control; indulgence, lenity.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

patience longanimity

上位词 3

delay holdup good nature

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 Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English forbearance From forbear (“to keep away from, avoid”) + -ance (suffix forming nouns indicating conditions or states).

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