forbear
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/fɔːrˈber/
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/fɔːˈbeə(r)/
to refrain from doing something that you want to do
He wanted to yell at her, but he forbear from doing so.
他本想對她大吼大叫,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.
他為參加過戰爭的祖先感到自豪。