forthink

词形变化

forthinketh forthinking forthinks 三单 forthinks forthought forthinking 现在分词 forthought 过去式 forthought 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To regret; repent.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    To regret.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To repent, be sorry for.

    不及物 废旧
  5. 5.

    To change one's mind about; to renounce.

    废旧 及物

词源

From Middle English forthinken, forthynken (“to displease, cause to regret”), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) + think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken (“to displease”), Icelandic forþykkja (“to displease”). Compare also Old English forþencan (“to mistrust, despise, despair”), Dutch verdenken (“to suspect”), German verdenken (“to blame”).

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