forbear

verb

/fɔːˈbeə(r)/

/fɔːrˈber/

[intransitive, transitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they forbear	/fɔːˈbeə(r)/ /fɔːrˈber/
he / she / it forbears	/fɔːˈbeəz/ /fɔːrˈberz/
past simple forbore	/fɔːˈbɔː(r)/ /fɔːrˈbɔːr/
past participle forborne	/fɔːˈbɔːn/ /fɔːrˈbɔːrn/
-ing form forbearing	/fɔːˈbeərɪŋ/ /fɔːrˈberɪŋ/

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to stop yourself from saying or doing something that you could or would like to say or do克制；自制；忍住（不说话或不做某事）
- forbear (from something/from doing something) He wanted to answer back, but he forbore from doing so.他想顶嘴，但是忍住了。
- forbear to do something She forbore to ask any further questions.她克制自己，不再进一步提问。
Word Originverb Old English forberan (from for- and bear(verb)). The original senses were ‘endure, bear with’, hence ‘endure the absence of, do without’, also ‘control oneself’, hence ‘refrain from’ (Middle English).

noun

/fɔːˈbeə(r)/

/fɔːrˈber/

(also forebear)

[usually plural] (formal or literary)

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a person in your family who lived a long time ago祖宗；祖先
Word Originverb Old English forberan (from for- and bear(verb)). The original senses were ‘endure, bear with’, hence ‘endure the absence of, do without’, also ‘control oneself’, hence ‘refrain from’ (Middle English).

BNC: 35523 COCA: 33036

forbear

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