forsake

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vt. 放弃, 断念, 抛弃 [法] 遗弃, 抛弃, 摒绝

发音

UK /fɔːˈseɪk/
其它
UK /fə-/
US /fɔɹˈseɪk/

词形变化

forsaked forsaken forsakes 三单 forsakes forsaketh forsaking forsook forsookest forsaking 现在分词 forsook 过去式 forsaken 过去式 forsaken 过去分词 forsakest forsookest 过去式 forsaketh 三单 forsook 复数

别名

forseek forshake

教材释义与例句

动词

放弃；断念

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

    放弃

    抛弃

    及物
  2. 2.

    To decline or refuse (something offered).

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To avoid or shun (someone or something).

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

desert abandon desolate

上位词 1

leave

下位词 5

ditch expose strand maroon walkout

词源

From Middle English forsaken (“to abandon, desert, repudiate, withdraw allegiance from”), from Old English forsacan (“to oppose; to give up, renounce; to decline, refuse”), from Proto-West Germanic *frasakan (“to forsake, renounce”). By surface analysis, for- + sake. Cognates include Saterland Frisian ferseeke (“to deny, refuse”), West Frisian fersaakje, Dutch verzaken (“to renounce, forsake”), Middle High German versachen (“to deny”), Danish forsage (“to give up”), Swedish försaka (“to be without, give up”), Norwegian forsake (“to give up, renounce”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to quarrel; to rebuke”), .

来源：wiktionary