英语词汇“forbear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

forbearforbear1 /fɔrˈbɛr, fɚ-/ verb (past tense forbore /-ˈbɔr/, past participle forborne /-ˈbɔrn/) [intransitive] literary

ETYMOLOGYforbear¹

Origin: Old English forberan

VERB TABLE

forbear

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	forbear
	he, she, it	forbears
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	forbore
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have forborne
	he, she, it	has forborne
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had forborne
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will forbear
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have forborne

Continuous Form
Present	I	am forbearing
	he, she, it	is forbearing
	you, we, they	are forbearing
Past	I, he, she, it	was forbearing
	you, we, they	were forbearing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been forbearing
	he, she, it	has been forbearing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been forbearing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be forbearing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been forbearing

to not do something that you could do because you think it is wiser not to SYN refrain from: forbear to do something She forbore to participate.forbear from He forbore from commenting on my appearance.