英[fɔː'beə(r)]美[fɔːr'ber]
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词源词根法
这里的-bear部分不是熊，而是忍耐；承担之意，前缀for-这里表away，opposite，completely，因此forbear就是to bear up（振作）one's feeling。类似，forgive原谅是to give up completely，forget忘记是to get（grasp in mind）away。bear and forbear一忍再忍。
verb(动词)noun(名词)
双解例句
verb(动词)noun(名词)
小知识
When you forbear, you hold yourself back from doing something. If you're mad at your best friend, you might forbear to return her text messages for a while.
If you forbear to giggle during your teacher's stern lecture, that's a good thing. You keep yourself from laughing out loud, even though that's instinctively what you want to do. The Old English root, forberan, means “control one's feelings, or tolerate.” A less common way to use forbear is as a noun meaning “ancestor.” So if you're refraining from reading about your ancestors, you can say you forbear to learn about your forbears.