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单词 forget
释义
forget
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v

When you forget something, you can't recall or remember it. An actor who forgets his lines might need some helpful cues from the other actors on stage.
You might forget on online password, or forget to return your library books. You can also deliberately forget something: "I've decided to forget about becoming rich and famous and focus on what I like to do." When you accidentally leave something behind, like your umbrella, you also forget it. The Old English root of forget is forgietan, "fail to remember or neglect inadvertently."
WORD FAMILY
forget: forgetful, forgeting, forgets, forgettable, forgetting, forgot, forgotten+/forgetful: forgetfully, forgetfulness, self-forgetful/forgetfulness: forgetfulnesses/forgettable: forgettably, unforgettable/forgotten: forgottenly/unforgettable: unforgettably
USAGE EXAMPLES
On Monday, Jackson, Brown and strategy director Paul DePodesta spent 35 minutes doing their autopsy on a season they can’t wait to forget.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
But as for the first, a Chinese nationalism: forget it.
Economist(Nov 03, 2016)
The spread of the right to be forgotten is part of a wider trend towards the fragmentation of the internet.
Economist(Nov 03, 2016)
1v dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
Syn|Ant|Hypo
bury
remember, think of
keep in mind for attention or consideration
unlearn
try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge
repress, suppress
put out of one's consciousness
swallow
keep from expressing
2v be unable to remember
Syn|Ant|Hypo
blank out, block, draw a blank
call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
slip, slip one's mind
pass out of one's memory
3v forget to do something
Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!
Ant|Hyper
bear in mind, mind
keep in mind
drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit
leave undone or leave out
4v leave behind unintentionally
I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant
Syn|Hyper
leave
leave
go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
lose
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
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