forbear
🇺🇸
/fɔːrˈber/
🇬🇧
/fɔːˈbeə(r)/
to refrain from doing something that you want to do
He wanted to yell at her, but he forbear from doing so.
他本想对她大喊大叫,但他克制住了自己。
an ancestor, a person from your family who lived a long time ago
He was proud of his forbear who had fought in the war.
他为参加过战争的祖先感到自豪。