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

withheld保留；扣留；抑制（withhold的过去式）

英汉例句

• Protesters largely forbore from stone-throwing and vandalism.

  抗议者绝大多数没有投掷石头和蓄意破坏。

• The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

  第五次，是当她因为软弱而忍让，却声称为自己的坚韧时。

• The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

  第五次是她容忍了软弱，而且把这种忍受当作坚强的时候。

• She was patient - a martyr, indeed - but she forbore to pray for her enemies; lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse.

  她事事忍让，确实是一位殉道者，但她不準自己为敌人祈祷——她尽管宽宏大量，却唯恐自己用来祝福的语言会顽强地扭曲成对他们的诅咒。

• Thee fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

  第五次是当它软弱地忍耐且把这忍耐说成是强大时； ；

• The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

  第五次，是当她因软弱而隐忍，却标榜自己坚韧时。

• Minerva forbore no longer, nor interposed any further advice.

  密涅瓦再也不能容忍了，她也不再提出进一步的忠告。

• Thee fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.

  第五次，是当她因为软弱而忍让，却声称为自己的坚韧时。

• I forbore from taking the money.

  我忍住没有拿钱。

• The fifth time when she 13 forbore for weakness, and 14 attributed her patience to strength.

  第五次是当她容忍软弱，并将忍耐视为坚强。

• Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises and forbore .

  玛丽安正想反驳，但她记起了自己的诺言，便捺住了性子。

• But the fact is that Mr Obama, whose every word was reportedly sweated over and fought over by his many Middle East advisers, forbore to spell them out.

  但事实上，据称奥巴马讲稿的每一个词都经过中东顾问的精雕细琢，奥巴马并没有挑明。

• The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to.

  第五次是她容忍了软弱，而把她的忍受称为坚强。

• He forbore from asking questions.

  他克制自己不发问。

• This time when I forbore for weakness, and attributed my patience to strength.

  这一次是我容忍了软弱，而把我的忍受却称之为坚强。

相似词

abjure发誓放弃；公开放弃；避免