Old English abidan, gebidan "remain, wait, delay, remain behind," from ge- completive prefix (denoting onward motion; see a- (1)) + bidan "bide, remain, wait, dwell" (see bide). Originally intransitive (with genitive of the object: we abidon his "we waited for him"); transitive sense emerged in Middle English. Meaning "to put up with" (now usually negative) first recorded 1520s. Related: Abided; abiding. The historical conjugation is abide, abode, abidden, but the modern formation is now generally weak.
雙語例句
1. She couldn't abide his success.
她見不得他成功。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Miss Furniss could not abide sloppiness.
弗尼斯小姐受不了馬馬虎虎的作風。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I can't abide people with no sense of humour.
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
來自《權威詞典》
4. You must abide by the results of your mistakes.
你必須承擔你的錯誤所造成的后果.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. If you join the club, you have to abide by its rules.