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forbear [fɔ:rˈber]

vi. （尤指为表示礼貌或耐心而）克制，忍耐，容忍;
过去式：: forbore 过去分词：: forborne 现在分词：: forbearing 第三人称单数：: forbears
[同义词] 节制;抑制自己: abstain oneself avoid refrain back hold control

例句:

  • I could not forbear smiling.
    我忍不住微笑.
  • I forbear to go into details.
    我不欲详述.
  • He forbear from take any further action.
    他克制自己不采取任何进一步的行动.
  • Sarah could hardly forbear to cheer this triumph of co-operation over individualism.
    来自W. Holtby
  • The killer was when I found out that my earliest known forbear, P.
    来自WSJ