forebear是什么意思

forebear

英 ['f??be?] 美 ['f?rb?r]

n. 祖先；祖宗

中文詞源

forebear 祖先

fore-,在前。be, 存在。-ar, 后綴，人。即先輩，祖先。

forebear 祖先；祖宗

fore-在forehead前額、forearm前臂和before等中都有出現(xiàn)，多用來指時間和空間上的前，與希臘拉丁前綴pro-和pre-等同源。而-bear部分則一不是指熊，二不是指bear動詞承擔(dān)；忍受等，而是be-的施動者名詞，也就是說，forebear的字面意思是“one who was before”。

英文詞源

forebear (n.): "ancestor," late 15c., from fore "before" + be-er "one who exists;" agent noun from be. Originally Scottish. Related: Forebears.

雙語例句

1. He was a good man , but always forebear his wrath and complaint.: 他是一個老好人,善于克制自我、隱忍無奈.

2. I had much ado to forebear laughing.: 我費(fèi)了很大的勁才忍住笑.

3. A person from whom one is descended , especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.: 繁衍后代的人, 特別是遠(yuǎn)于祖父輩; 前輩.

4. Consider how much more frugal the poor are than we, how much better they forebear hardship.: 想想貧困的人比我們節(jié)儉多少,他們?nèi)淌芾Ь潮任覀儚?qiáng)多少.

5. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.: 適度: 避免極端. 克制怨恨會帶來多大的傷害僅在自己一念之間.

forebear是什么意思

forebear

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