forsake
forsake 英 [fəˈseɪk] 美 [fərˈseɪk]
vt. 放弃；断念
进行时:forsaking 过去式:forsook 过去分词:forsaken 第三人称单数:forsakes 名词复数:forsakes
- To forsake another person is to leave them entirely, usually in a moment of need.
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- vt. 放弃；断念
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1. But the President insisted that he would forsake his position only if “they kill me.
但总统坚持说，除非“他们杀了我”，否则他不会放弃这个位置。
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2. The Great Recession has created a newly frugal consumer willing to forsake the luxury of eating out in order to pay the bills.
大萧条催生出了一批节俭的消费者，他们为了支付各种账单而放弃了外出吃大餐的奢侈。
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3. They may forsake work to focus on their studies, hardly a bad thing, or be willing to wait for the right job.
可能是因为他们为专心学业而放弃就业，这不算坏事，或者是因为他们心甘情愿等待，直到找到自己满意的工作为止。
- forsake (v.) Old English forsacan "object to, oppose, refuse, deny; give up, renounce" (past tense forsoc, past participle forsacen), from for- "completely" + sacan "to struggle, dispute, wrangle; accuse, blame" (see sake (n.1)). Related: Forsaking. Similar formation in Old Saxon farsakan, Dutch verzaken, Old High German farsahhan "deny, repudiate," Danish forsage "give up, refuse."
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