forbear

英 [fɔː'beə(r)] 美 [fɔːr'ber]

• v. 忍耐；阻止；克制
• n. 祖先(=forebear)

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person from whom you are descended

Verb:

1. refrain from doing;

   "she forbore a snicker"
   

2. resist doing something;

   "He refrained from hitting him back"
   "she could not forbear weeping"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We begged him to forbear.
   我们恳求他忍耐。
2. The wounded boy could not forbear to cry out.
   受伤的男孩忍不住哭了。
3. I cannot forbear from going into details.
   我不得不详述一下。
4. It is often difficult to forbear from expressing one's opinion.
   克制自己不发表意见常常是很难的。

经典引文

• I may not..Forbere to ben out of your compagnie.

  出自： Chaucer

词汇搭配

• forebear 祖先
• bear and forbear 一忍再忍

近反义词

【近义词】

• refrain 抑制
• abstain 戒绝
• hold back 阻碍
• avoid 避免
• withhold 抑制
• ancestor 祖宗
• brook 小河
• oneself 自己
• back 后面
• hold 拿着
• control 掌控
• forebear 祖先