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bear的过去式
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Forbore \For*bore"\,
imp. of {Forbear}.
Forbear \For*bear"\, v. i. [imp. {Forbore}({Forbare}, [Obs.]);
p. p. {Forborne}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forbearing}.] [OE.
forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See
{Bear} to support.]
1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall
I forbear? --1 Kinds
xxii. 6.
2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they
will hear, or whether they will forbear. --Ezek. ii.
7.
3. To control one's self when provoked.
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion
to forbear. --Cowper.
Both bear and forbear. --Old Proverb.
资料来源 : WordNet®
forbore
See {forbear}
forbear
n : a person from whom you are descended [syn: {forebear}]
v : not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she
could not forbear weeping" [syn: {refrain}] [ant: {act}]
[also: {forborne}, {forbore}]