英语释义

1. to hold oneself back from especially with an effort
forbore mentioning the incident tried to forbear making rash judgments

2. to do without

3. to leave alone shun
forbear his presence
— William Shakespeare

4. hold back, abstain
have forborne from taking part in any controversy
— Abraham Lincoln

5. to control oneself when provoked be patient
forbore with his friend's failings

6. ancestor, forefather also precursor —usually used in plural
His forebears fought in the American Civil War.

7. to choose not to do (something that you could do) to avoid doing or saying (something)

8. to hold back
He forbore from hitting the bully back.

9. to be patient when annoyed or troubled

片语

bear and forbear一忍再忍

英汉例句

• and yet, the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought are still at issue around the globe.

  但我们的先辈为之奋斗的那些革命信念，在世界各地仍然有着争论。 收藏。

• her mother「s forebears had come out of britain by way perhaps of connecticut generations back, and her father」s forbears ultimately out of holland.

  她母亲的祖先来自英国，在来到俄亥俄之前可能在康涅狄格生活了好几代，而她父亲的先祖则来自荷兰。

• it is the way our wiser and calmer forbears fed , not people, but hogs :as much as possible and as fast as possible, with no standard of quality.

  我们更加聪明和冷静的祖先喂养猪而不是人的方式：尽可能多，尽可能快，没有质量标準。

• which he forbears again to look upon;

  他禁不住一次次回头四望；

• and yet, the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought are still at issue [4] around the globe.

  但我们的先辈为之奋斗的那些革命信念，在世界各地仍然有着争论。

• we, the people, have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbears , and true to our founding documents.

  因为我们美国人民一直在坚守国家先驱者理想的信仰，以及忠诚于我们的建国宣言。

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