forbear

forbear

中文翻译：

中文动词翻译：忍耐，忍受，克制

中文形容词翻译：克制的，有节制的

中文名词翻译：祖先，前辈

形容词（Adjective）：

1. patient or self-controlled in the face of provocation.

忍耐的，有忍耐力的，能够忍受挑衅的。

• He was a forbear man, never raising his voice in anger.
• 他是一个有忍耐力的人，从不发怒。
2. restrained in response to an impulse to do something.

在冲动做某事时克制的。

• The forbear decision to not respond to the insults saved him from getting into a fight.
• 对侮辱不予理睬的决定使他免于与人打架。

名词（Noun）：

1. a person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.

祖先，前辈。

• My forbears came from Ireland.
• 我的祖先来自爱尔兰。

词语辨析：

forbear / abstain / refrain

这三个词都有“克制”“节制”的意思，但有一些细微的区别：

• forbear：指的是在面对困难、诱惑、挑衅等时，能够忍耐或保持冷静。
• abstain：强调主动戒除或放弃某种行为或活动。
• refrain：强调自我控制，避免做某事以免产生不良后果。

词汇扩充：

1. forbearance：忍耐，宽容
2. forbearing：忍耐的，宽容的
3. forbearingly：忍耐地，宽容地

近义词（Synonyms）：

tolerate, endure, withstand, restrain, abstain

反义词（Antonyms）：

lose patience, lose control, act on impulse

柯林斯词典（Collins Dictionary）：

英 [fɔːʳˈbɛəʳ] 美 [fɔrˈbɛr]

forbear (forbears, forbearing, forbore, forborne)

1. If you forbear to do something, you do not do it, although you have the opportunity or the right to do it.

如果你忍住不做某事，即使你有机会或权利去做。

• We forbore to comment.
• 我们忍住不发表评论。
2. If you forbear from doing something, you do not do it although you want to or although you have a good reason to.

即使你想做或有充分理由，你也忍住不做某事。

• He forbore from making any direct comment.
• 他避免发表任何直接的评论。

牛津词典（Oxford Dictionary）：

英 [fɔːˈbɛː] 美 [fɔrˈbɛr]

forbear (forbears, forbearing, forbore, forborne)

1. Forbear to do something: Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something.

礼貌或耐心地克制冲动去做某事。

• I forbore to comment.
• 我忍住不发表评论。
2. Forbear from doing something: Politely or patiently refrain from doing something.

礼貌或耐心地避免做某事。

• I forbore from making any direct comment.
• 我避免发表任何直接的评论。

用法：

forbear to do something

forbear from doing something

例句：

1. He was a forbear man, never raising his voice in anger.
2. 他是一个有忍耐力的人，从不发怒。


3. The forbear decision to not respond to the insults saved him from getting into a fight.
4. 对侮辱不予理睬的决定使他免于与人打架。


5. My forbears came from Ireland.
6. 我的祖先来自爱尔兰。


7. The teacher urged the students to forbear from talking during the exam.
8. 老师敦促学生在考试期间不要说话。


9. They forbore to mention the incident to anyone.
10. 他们忍住不向任何人提起这件事。


11. She decided to forbear from making any further comments.
12. 她决定避免再发表任何评论。