forbear

🇺🇸 /fɔːrˈber/ 🇬🇧 /fɔːˈbeə(r)/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
verb
R

to refrain from doing something that you want to do

He wanted to yell at her, but he forbear from doing so.

他本想對她大吼大叫,但他克制住了自己。

noun
R

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.

他為參加過戰爭的祖先感到自豪。

translation

v. 克制
n. 祖先

詞形變化

3rd Present forbears
Progressive forbearing
Past forbore
Perfect forborne
Plural forbears